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Introduction |
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Instructions
for Use |
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Important
suggestions on how to use the pages |
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| Digitised
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Gutenberg
and his Impact |
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The
Göttingen Gutenberg Bible (ca. 1454) |
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Johann
Gutenberg: His Life |
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All
1282 pages of both volumes |
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Facts,
places and dates which played a role in Gutenberg' s life |
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The
Göttingen Model Book (ca. 1450) |
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Helmasperger's
Notarial Instrument |
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12
double pages with English transcription |
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Description
of the legal document which records the dispute between Gutenberg
and his backer Johannes Fust |
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Helmasperger's
Notarial Instrument of 6 November 1455 |
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The
Period before Printed Books |
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Facsimile
with transcription of the original, English translation and comment
of the most important passages |
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Copying
Techniques from classical antiquity to the invention of letterpress
printing |
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Illumination |
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Gutenberg's
Epoch-Making Achievement |
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Illuminated
pages of the Gutenberg Bible |
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The
fundamental principles of Gutenberg's invention |
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Compare
Model Book - Pages of the Bible |
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Letterpress
Printing |
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Compare
pages of the Bible - Model Book |
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Book
Manufacture in a printer's shop |
| Passages
from the Bible |
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The
"Work of the Books", the 42-line Latin Bible |
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A
selection of well-known Bible texts from the Bible compared to the
original Hebrew and Greek text and Translations |
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About
the Bible project between 1452/53 and 1456 |
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Printing
after Gutenberg |
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The
spread of the art of printing, changes in book production and Gutenberg's
vindication |
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German |
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The
Impact of Printing |
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English |
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The
Göttingen Vellum Copy of the B42 |
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French |
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The
Göttingen Model Book |
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Description
of the Model Book used for the illuminations in the Göttingen
B42 |
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Contents |
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Online |
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The
Göttingen exhibition "Gutenberg und seine Wirkung"
(Gutenberg and his Impact), accessible from 20 June 2000 in the Internet |
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Partners |
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Impressum |
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Sources |
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A
Word of Thanks |
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