42-line Bible

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
incunabulum
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Gutenberg_Bible
gptkbp:auctionRecord sold for over $5 million
gptkbp:binds varies by copy
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:countryOfPublication gptkb:Mainz
gptkbp:decoratedWith hand illumination
gptkbp:digitalCopyAvailableAt gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:Bayerische_Staatsbibliothek
gptkb:Harvard_University_Library
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:36-line_Bible
gptkbp:format folio
gptkbp:fullCopies 21
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 42-line Bible
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Reformation
gptkb:Renaissance
spread of literacy
European printing
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:linesPerPage 42
gptkbp:material gptkb:newspaper
vellum
gptkbp:notableFeature illuminated initials
no title page
rubrication by hand
two columns per page
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:Library_of_Congress
gptkb:Bibliothèque_nationale_de_France
gptkb:Bodleian_Library
Vatican Library
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes 2
gptkbp:pagesPerVolume about 324
gptkbp:partialCopies 28
gptkbp:precededBy handwritten Bibles
gptkbp:printTechnology gptkb:Johann_Fust
gptkb:Peter_Schöffer
gptkb:Johannes_Gutenberg
gptkbp:publicationDate c. 1455
gptkbp:script Textura
gptkbp:significance first major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:survivingWorks about 49
gptkbp:technology movable type printing
gptkbp:text gptkb:Vulgate
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gutenberg_Bible
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4