The Giant Bible of Mainz is a very large manuscript Bible produced in 1452–53, probably in Mainz or nearby. It is notable for its beauty, for being one of the last manuscript Bibles written before the invention of printing in the West, and for its possible connections with the Gutenberg Bible.

2018年5月7日 · In 1452, Gutenberg produced the one book to come out of his shop: a Bible. It’s estimated he printed 180 copies of the 1,300-paged Gutenberg Bible, as many as 60 of them on vellum.

In this captivating video, we delve deep into the fascinating history of 1452, a year that witnessed the completion of the Gutenberg Bible by Johannes Gutenb...

During 1455 and 1456 Johannes Gutenberg, working in Mainz with merchant and money-lender Johann Fust and former scribe turned printer Peter Schöffer, completed printing the 42-line Bible (B42) (Gutenberg Bible), the first book printed in Europe from movable type.

On September 30, 1452, Johann Guttenberg's Bible was published becoming the first book to be published in volume. German printer and pioneer in the use of movable type, sometimes identified as the first European to print with hand-set type cast in molds.

De re aedificatoria (finished in 1452 and printed in 1485) was an architectural book composed by Leon Battista Alberti, a genuine ‘Renaissance‘ man. He was a skilled writer, mathematician, and athlete.

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U.S. #1014 commemorates the 500th anniversary of the printing of the first book by moveable type. Johannes Gutenberg invented the moveable-type press and printed his version of the Bible with 42 lines per page in 1452.

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Gutenberg Bible is one of about 180 copies of the two-volume Bible printed by Gutenberg in 1452-1455. So far, 48 works of the "black art" master from Mainz, of which 36 on paper and 12 on parchment, have been preserved around the world. Only 20 of them are sets.