Online Gutenberg Bible

The Gutenberg Bible was one of the first books every produced by the moveable type printing press, and is widely considered a great work of art.  Now, scans from a Gutenberg Bible are available online for free!  Click on thru and enjoy a little bit of Biblical history during Christmas week!

HUMOR: Antique or Antiquated?

Not mine.  From here.

A collector of rare books ran into an acquaintance who told him he had just thrown away an old Bible that he found in a dusty, old box. He happened to mention that Guten-somebody-or-other had printed it. "Not Gutenberg?" gasped the collector. "Yes, that was it!""You idiot! You've thrown away one of the first books ever printed. A copy recently sold at auction for half a million dollars!" "Oh, I don't think this book would have been worth anything close to that much," replied the man. "It was scribbled all over in the margins by some clown named Martin Luther."

HUMOR: Antiques

From here.

A collector of rare books ran into an acquaintance who told him he had just thrown away an old Bible that he found in a dusty, old box. He happened to mention that Guten-somebody-or-other had printed it.

"Not Gutenberg?" gasped the collector.

"Yes, that was it!"

"You idiot! You've thrown away one of the first books ever printed. A copy recently sold at auction for half a million dollars!"

"Oh, I don't think this book would have been worth anything close to that much," replied the man. "It was scribbled all over in the margins by some guy named Martin Luther."

Gutenberg Bibles on Display

Morgan Gutenberg was the man who invented the printing press and ushered in the age of inexpensive publishing to the world. Do you now what was the first book he printed using his famous press? THE BIBLE! Now, three copies of Gutenberg Bibles are on display at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City.

The Morgan's Gutenberg Bibles — two on paper and one on vellum — represent the largest number of copies in any single collection.

The museum says each Bible "has characteristics that set it apart from the others." But taken together, they "offer fascinating insights into Gutenberg's ambitious plans for this masterpiece of printing."

If you are interested, it may be worth a trip into NYC this summer.