Mazarin Bible

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The Mazarin Bible is an early printed edition of the Latin Vulgate, renowned as one of the first major books produced with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gutenberg Bible copy
early printed book
edition of the Latin Vulgate
incunable
associatedWith Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Mainz NERFINISHED
discoveredIn Bibliothèque Mazarine NERFINISHED
discoveredInCentury 18th century
hasAlternativeName Gutenberg Bible (Mazarin copy) NERFINISHED
hasApproximateDate c. 1454–1455
hasCollectingInterest incunable collecting GENERATED
hasContent New Testament NERFINISHED
Old Testament NERFINISHED
hasCulturalHeritageStatus rare book
treasure of French national collections
hasDecoration hand-illuminated initials
rubrication by hand
hasFormat folio
hasLanguage Latin
hasLinesPerPage 42
hasMaterial paper
vellum
hasNumberOfVolumes 2
hasOriginalPurpose liturgical and devotional reading
hasPageLayout double-column text
hasProductionTechnique metal movable type
hasReligiousTradition Catholicism
hasScript textura typeface
hasSignificance earliest substantial book printed in Europe with movable metal type
milestone in the history of printing
hasSubject Christian Bible NERFINISHED
hasType 42-line Bible NERFINISHED
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
heldAt Bibliothèque Mazarine NERFINISHED
influenced development of typographic design
subsequent European Bible printing
isEarlyEditionOf Gutenberg Bible NERFINISHED
isExampleOf early European typographic printing
isNamedAfter Cardinal Jules Mazarin NERFINISHED
isOneOfFirstMajorBooksPrintedWithMovableType true
isPreservedAs library holding
locatedIn Paris
locatedInCountry France
printedBy Johannes Gutenberg NERFINISHED
printedInCentury 15th century
printedInRegion Rhineland NERFINISHED
printedWith movable type
usesText Vulgate NERFINISHED

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42-line Bible hasAlternativeName Mazarin Bible