It’s not just a book. Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg was a man with a plan. The German inventor ...

The Gutenberg Bible has long been a magic term among book collectors. As the "first printed book worthy of the name", copies of it have been valued at above $350,000. Harvard has an outstanding ...

. But the most important part of his invention was actually moveable type. Before Gutenberg, the closest Europe had to printing was the woodblock. The woodblock was a piece of wood with all the ...

A daring burglar came within inches of successfully stealing Harvard's Gutenberg Bible from its resting place in Widener Library on August 19. He succeeded in foiling the library's alarm system ...

Thirteen indicators were used to calculate Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other ...

of what is now known as the Gutenberg Bible.Credit: Alamy In the aftermath of my mother’s death a few years ago, during the onset of the pandemic, I started sorting through old documents and ...

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Since the Gutenberg Bible popularized movable type nearly 600 years ago, typesetters and designers have been trying to pick the best fonts. With digital technology, at least we can all finally ...

Almost 600 years later, just 49 copies of the Gutenberg Bible are still in existence, and less than half of those are complete copies. One is under lock and key at the Library of Congress in ...