Gutenberg Bible copies

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Bible early printed books group of bibliographic items historical artifacts incunabula

Gutenberg Bible copies are surviving exemplars of the first major book printed in Europe using movable metal type by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century, prized for their historical and bibliographic significance.

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instanceOf Bible →
early printed books →
group of bibliographic items →
historical artifacts →
incunabula →
areAmong earliest major books printed in Europe with movable type →
areAmongMostValuablePrintedBooks yes →
areAssociatedWith beginning of the Gutenberg Revolution →
start of the age of printed books in the West →
areCataloguedIn GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) →
ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue) →
areCopiesOf Gutenberg Bible →
areHeldIn archives →
libraries →
museums →
private collections →
arePrintedIn two columns per page →
arePrintedWith movable metal type →
areValuedFor artistic significance →
bibliographic significance →
historical significance →
technological significance →
haveApproximateCompleteCopies about 21 complete copies →
haveApproximatePageCount 1282 pages →
haveApproximateSurvivingCount about 49 copies →
haveDecoration hand-illuminated initials in some copies →
haveFormat folio →
haveHighMarketValue yes →
haveInkColor black →
haveLanguage Latin →
haveMaterial paper →
vellum →
haveNotableCopyLocation Austrian National Library →
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek →
Bibliothèque nationale de France →
Bodleian Library →
British Library →
Gutenberg Museum Mainz →
Harvard University →
Library of Congress →
Morgan Library & Museum →
University of Texas at Austin →
Vatican Library →
Yale University →
haveRubrication red and blue initials →
haveScript Latin script →
haveSurvivingFragments numerous partial copies and fragments →
haveTypeOf 42-line Bible →
printedAroundYear 1454–1455 →
printedBy Johannes Gutenberg →
printedIn Mainz →
printedInCentury 15th century →
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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gutenberg Bible copies ("Gutenberg Bible") →
areCopiesOf
British Library →
hasCollection
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library ("Gutenberg Bible copy") →
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