Gutenberg Bible
Two pages from the Gutenberg Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany, 1455.
Gutenberg Bible
Also known as: 42-line Bible, Mazarin Bible
- Also called:
- 42-line Bible or Mazarin Bible
Gutenberg Bible, the first complete book extant in the West and one of the earliest printed from movable type, so called after its printer, Johannes Gutenberg, who completed it about 1455 working at Mainz, Germany. The three-volume work, in Latin text, was printed in 42-line columns and, in its later stages of production, was worked on by six compositors simultaneously. It is sometimes referred to as the Mazarin Bible because the first copy described by bibliographers was located in the Paris library of Cardinal Mazarin. The Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings (1377), also known as Jikji, was printed ...(100 of 264 words)