Gutenberg Bible

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
incunabulum
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:42-line_Bible
gptkbp:auctionRecord $5.4 million (1987, single volume)
gptkbp:binds varies by copy
gptkbp:completeCopies 21
gptkbp:contains gptkb:New_Testament
gptkb:Old_Testament
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:digitizedBy gptkb:British_Library_website
gptkb:Library_of_Congress_website
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:Library_of_Congress
gptkb:Princeton_University_Library
gptkb:Austrian_National_Library
gptkb:Bibliothèque_nationale_de_France
gptkb:Bodleian_Library
gptkb:Harvard_University_Library
gptkb:Morgan_Library_&_Museum
gptkb:National_Library_of_Spain
gptkb:New_York_Public_Library
gptkb:Pierpont_Morgan_Library
gptkb:Royal_Library_of_Denmark
gptkb:Staatsbibliothek_zu_Berlin
gptkb:State_Library_of_Victoria
gptkb:University_of_Göttingen_Library
gptkb:University_of_Tokyo_Library
Vatican Library
gptkbp:faceType Textura
gptkbp:followedBy other incunabula
gptkbp:format folio
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gutenberg Bible
gptkbp:illustrator hand-illuminated in some copies
gptkbp:influenced spread of printing in Europe
gptkbp:influencedBy manuscript Bibles
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:linesPerPage 42
gptkbp:material gptkb:newspaper
vellum
gptkbp:notableFor aesthetic quality
historical significance
typographic innovation
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes 2
gptkbp:pagesPerVolume approx. 324
gptkbp:precededBy manuscript Bibles
gptkbp:printedWork gptkb:Johannes_Gutenberg
gptkb:Mainz
gptkbp:publicationDate circa 1455
gptkbp:significance first major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:survivingWorks less than 50
gptkbp:totalPages approx. 1,282
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 2001
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:print
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3