What is the Gutenberg Bible?
Q: What is the Gutenberg Bible?
A: The Gutenberg Bible is a printed version of the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible that was printed by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany in the 15th century.
Q: What other names is the Gutenberg Bible known by?
A: The Gutenberg Bible is also known as the 42-line Bible or the Mazarin Bible.
Q: Was the Gutenberg Bible the first book to be printed by Gutenberg's new movable type system?
A: No, although it is not the first book to be printed by Gutenberg's new movable type system, it is his major work and of central importance for the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the "Age of the Printed Book."
Q: How many copies of the Gutenberg Bible were made?
A: Fewer than 200 copies of the Gutenberg Bible were made.
Q: How many complete or nearly complete copies of the Gutenberg Bible are known?
A: 49 complete or nearly complete copies of the Gutenberg Bible are known.
Q: How many pages does the Gutenberg Bible have?
A: The Gutenberg Bible has 1286 pages.
Q: What was the earliest known book with movable type and when was it published?
A: The earliest known book with movable type was published 78 years before the Gutenberg Bible in Korea and is known as the Jikji.
