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Not just a book: What is a Gutenberg Bible? And why is it relevant 500 years after its printing?
- Gutenberg's two-volume Bibles from around 1454 revolutionized the Bible-copying process, contrasting the previous year-long hand-copying with his faster six-month completion.
- Prior to Gutenberg's printed Bibles, all versions were hand-copied.
- Printing Bibles in vernacular languages post-1520s influenced how regular churchgoers connected with religion and clergy.
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Not just a book: What is a Gutenberg Bible? And why is it relevant 500 years after its printing?
A Gutenberg Bible is not your ordinary book. The first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type by the mid-1450s gradually led to a massive multiplication of biblical
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To make the most of his invention, the German goldsmith offered his unpublished version of the Holy Scriptures to the only wealthy clients who read Latin: the hierarchs of the Catholic Church.
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