A full sheet of Royal paper measures 42 x 60 centimetres and a single untrimmed folio leaf measures 42 x 30 cm. The 42-line Bible was printed on the size of paper known as 'Royal'. Some sections, however, had as few as four leaves or as many as 12 leaves. Typically, five of these folded sheets (10 leaves, or 20 printed pages) were combined to a single physical section, called a quinternion, that could then be bound into a book. After printing the paper was folded once to the size of a single page. The paper size is 'double folio', with two pages printed on each side (four pages per sheet). The production process: Das Werk der Bücher įirst page of the first volume: the epistle of St Jerome to Paulinus from the University of Texas copy. Scholars today think that examination of surviving copies suggests that somewhere between 160 and 185 copies were printed, with about three-quarters on paper and the others on vellum. It is not known how many copies were printed, with the 1455 letter citing sources for both 158 and 180 copies. In March 1455, the future Pope Pius II wrote that he had seen pages from the Gutenberg Bible, being displayed to promote the edition, in Frankfurt. The most reliable information about the Bible's date comes from a letter. Consequently, there are two distinct settings in folios 1–32 and 129–158 of volume I and folios 1–16 and 162 of volume II. The new sheets were all reset to 42 lines per page. Finally, the print run was increased, necessitating resetting those pages which had already been printed. The increase in line number was achieved by decreasing the interline spacing, rather than increasing the printed area of the page. has 41, and from there on the 42 lines appear. Therefore, pages 1 to 9 and pages 256 to 265, presumably the first ones printed, have 40 lines each. Some time later, after more sheets had been printed, the number of lines per page was increased from 40 to 42, presumably to save paper. Gutenberg made three significant changes during the printing process. The first precisely datable printing is Gutenberg's 31-line Indulgence which is known to already exist on 22 October 1454. It is not known exactly how long the Bible took to print. Preparation of the Bible probably began soon after 1450, and the first finished copies were available in 1454 or 1455. While it is unlikely that any of Gutenberg's early publications would bear his name, the initial expense of press equipment and materials and of the work to be done before the Bible was ready for sale suggests that he may have started with more lucrative texts, including several religious documents, a German poem, and some editions of Aelius Donatus's Ars Minor, a popular Latin grammar school book. It is mainly the work of St Jerome who began his work on the translation in 380 AD, with emendations from the Parisian Bible tradition, and further divergences. The Gutenberg Bible, an edition of the Vulgate, contains the Latin version of the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament. Gutenberg Bible in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University The 36-line Bible, said to be the second printed Bible, is also referred to sometimes as a Gutenberg Bible, but may be the work of another printer. In March 1455, the future Pope Pius II wrote that he had seen pages from the Gutenberg Bible displayed in Frankfurt to promote the edition, and that either 158 or 180 copies had been printed (he cited sources for both numbers). They are thought to be among the world's most valuable books, although no complete copy has been sold since 1978. Forty-nine copies (or substantial portions of copies) have survived. It is an edition of the Latin Vulgate printed in the 1450s by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, in present-day Germany. The book is valued and revered for its high aesthetic and artistic qualities as well as its historical significance. It marked the start of the " Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of printed books in the West. The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was the earliest major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe. Bought by James Lenox in 1847, it was the first copy to be acquired by a United States citizen. Gutenberg Bible of the New York Public Library.
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