Directory of Printed Editions Resources

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The invention of the movable type printing press enabled books to be mass produced rather than copied by hand. This category will include sites on the history of Bible produced this way beginning with the Gutenberg Bible.

Subcategories

• Gutenberg

Resources in This Category

• Bible Trains Printers And Translators (1450-1611)

  http://www.oldandsold.com/articles27n/bible-6.shtml
  An article on how Gutenberg invented the art of printing and thereby revolutionized the world of intellectual life and consequently the history of the Bible.

• Early Printed Bibles at the British Library

  http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/prbooks/earprintbib/earlyprintedbibles.html
  A survey of early Western printed Bibles held in the collections of the British Library.

• Early Printed Editions of the Hebrew Bible

  http://www.bible-researcher.com/hebrew-editions.html
  Brief history of early printed editions of the Old Testament, including the Incunabula, the common editions and the critical editions.

• From Manuscript to Print

  http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/kenyon/storyofbible/2ck04.htm
  A chapter from a book by Sir Frederick Kenyon on the printed Bible.

• Gutenberg Bible

  http://www.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/background.html
  The first of a number of British Library pages on the Gutenberg Bible, the life of Gutenberg, and the making the Bible.

• Johann Gutenberg

  http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/g/gutenberg,johann.html
  A Catholic Encyclopedia article on Gutenberg and his printing of the Bible.

• Printing History of the Holy Bible

  http://clausenbooks.com/bible.htm
  This page has links to the chronological history of the printed Bible.

• Six Hundred Years Since the Birth of Johannes Gutenberg

  http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2001/01/gute-j03.html
  Review of the life and work of Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press.

 

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