At its last public sale, before Yale was given the copy, that Gutenberg Bible brought $120,000. No price is set on the Bible in Widener by University officials, for they point out that it "will ...

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Johann Gutenberg probably finished his first printing ... Ironically, these days there are 58 English-language versions of the Bible for sale. There also happens to be a Reader’s Digest version.

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 ...

. 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...