Gutenberg Bible

(noun)

The first major book printed in the West using movable type. It marked the start of the age of the printed book in the West and is widely praised for its high aesthetic and artistic qualities.

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Examples of Gutenberg Bible in the following topics:

  • Historical Records

    • Johannes Gutenberg of the German city of Mainz developed European movable type printing technology around 1439.
    • The high quality and relatively low price of the Gutenberg Bible (1455) established the superiority of movable type, and printing presses rapidly spread across Europe, leading up to the Renaissance.
    • Today, practically all movable type printing ultimately derives from Gutenberg's movable type printing, which is often regarded as the most important invention of the second millennium.
    • Within a year of printing the Gutenberg Bible, Gutenberg also published the first colored prints.

  • Block Books

    • The Biblia Pauperum, or Pauper's Bible, was also a popular series that had existed previously in the fourteenth century as illuminated manuscripts, hand-painted on vellum, before woodcuts took over.
    • Other notable Biblia paupera include the Gutenberg Bible of 1455, as well as the incunabula of 1486, printed and illustrated by Erhard Reuwich.

  • The Printing Revolution

    • The invention of the printing press by Gutenberg led to the spread of mass communication across Europe in only a few decades.
    • The printing press was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by the German Johannes Gutenberg around 1440, based on existing screw presses.
    • However, it was not until a 1439 lawsuit against Gutenberg that an official record exists; witnesses' testimony discussed Gutenberg's types, an inventory of metals (including lead), and his type molds.
    • Having previously worked as a professional goldsmith, Gutenberg made skillful use of the knowledge of metals he had learned as a craftsman.
    • A demonstration of how to print on a Gutenberg printing press.

  • Romanesque Illustrated Books

    • Alban's Psalter, Hunterian Psalter, Winchester Bible (the "Morgan Leaf"), Fécamp Bible, Stavelot Bible, and Parc Abbey Bible.
    • The Winchester Bible is a Romanesque illuminated manuscript produced in Winchester between 1160 and 1175.
    • The Fécamp Bible is an illuminated Latin Bible produced in Paris during the third quarter of the 13th century.
    • The Fécamp Bible is an illuminated Latin Bible produced in Paris during the late 13th century.
    • Identify the most well-known examples of illuminated bibles and psalters during the Romanesque period.

  • Free Textbooks

    • Students can access free textbooks that are open-sourced OER through sites like Project Gutenberg, Open Library, and OER Commons.
    • Project Gutenberg is an important online repository that allows a student to download ebooks for free.

  • Christian Fundamentalism

    • One school of thought was Dispensationalism, a new interpretation of the Bible developed in the 1830s in England.
    • Princeton Theology provided the doctrine of inerrancy in response to higher criticism of the Bible.
    • Much of the enthusiasm for mobilizing Fundamentalism came from "Bible Colleges," particularly those modeled after the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.
    • The Bible Colleges prepared ministers who lacked university or seminary experience with intense study of the Bible, often using the Scofield Reference Bible of 1909, which was the King James version of the Bible with detailed notes explaining how to interpret Dispensationalist passages.
    • Moody, evangelical preacher and founder of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois.

  • Chicago/Turabian (NB): The Bibliography Section

    • ., a book by one author), Project Gutenberg's online text of the same book (i.e., an online book), and an online journal article about the book.
    • Now let's take a look at the citation for the online version of the same book, available online through the publisher Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org).

  • Chicago/Turabian (Author–Date): The References Section

    • ., a book by one author), Project Gutenberg's online text of the same book (i.e., an online book), and an online journal article about the book.
    • Now let's take a look at the citation for the online version of the same book, available online through the publisher Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org).

  • MLA: The Works Cited Section

    • ., a book by one author), Project Gutenberg's online text of the same book (i.e., an online book), and an online journal article about the book.
    • Now let's take a look at the citation for the online version of the same book, available online through Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org).
    • Project Gutenberg, November 2012.
    • Project Gutenberg, November 2012.

  • APA: The References Section

    • ., a book by one author), Project Gutenberg's online text of the same book (i.e., an online book), and an online journal article about the book.
    • Now let's take a look at the citation for the online version of the same book, available online through Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org).
    • Project Gutenberg.
    • Retrieved from https://www.gutenberg.org/files/219/219-h/219-h.htm