Technology:Gutenberg, Johannes
Published: September 7, 2006, 7:54 pm
Updated: January 30, 2011, 8:32 am
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Johannes Gutenberg (c1400-1468), a German inventor, who, after more than 20 years of experimentation, printed 300 copies of a 42-line, 1282-page Latin Bible, known today as the Gutenberg Bible (1454). Gutenberg’s publication inaugurates the era of movable-type. At the time, there were a total of about 30,000 books in all of Europe; by the year 1500, there were an estimated 9 million. Whereas scribes copied manuscripts by hand before Gutenberg’s invention, copying became mechanized and much faster after the invention. The invention of movable-type printing facilitated an easier exchange of ideas throughout Europe and helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance.
Further Reading
Gutenberg Bible: View the British Library's Digital Versions Online (The British Library)
Gutenberg Bible: Background about Gutenberg and his Bibles (The British Library)
Gutenberg Information (City of Mainz Online)
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Gutenberg, Johannes". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 7, 2006; Last revised Date January 30, 2011; Retrieved May 25, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Gutenberg,_Johannes?topic=49515>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Johannes Gutenberg (c1400-1468), a German inventor, who, after more than 20 years of experimentation, printed 300 copies of a 42-line, 1282-page Latin Bible, known today as the Gutenberg Bible (1454). Gutenberg’s publication inaugurates the era of movable-type. At the time, there were a total of about 30,000 books in all of Europe; by the year 1500, there were an estimated 9 million. Whereas scribes copied manuscripts by hand before Gutenberg’s invention, copying became mechanized and much faster after the invention. The invention of movable-type printing facilitated an easier exchange of ideas throughout Europe and helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance.
Further Reading
Gutenberg Bible: View the British Library's Digital Versions Online (The British Library)
Gutenberg Bible: Background about Gutenberg and his Bibles (The British Library)
Gutenberg Information (City of Mainz Online)
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