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 ...

They included old letters written by his parents before World War II, a psychological assessment of my father’s mental health ...

The book was printed about 1455 by Johann Gutenberg, the inventor of movable type. For insurance purposes, the Bible is valued at $1 million but it is almost irreplaceable. The bindings of the ...

Johann Gutenberg probably finished his first printing in 1455, in Mainz, Germany. Almost 600 years later, just 49 copies of the Gutenberg Bible are still in existence, and less than half of those ...

prepared by partners of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the print machine. Printed in 1462 — just 12 years after the original 42-line Gutenberg Bible which is on display in Mainz ...

Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, invented a movable-type system that allowed for mechanized production of printed books. The first complete book Gutenberg printed was the Bible, which he ...

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 ...

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 ...

Johann Fust, and a printer, Peter Schöffer — collaborated to print 180 copies, in Latin, of what is now known as the Gutenberg Bible.Credit: Alamy In the aftermath of my mother’s death a few ...