Original leaf from the Gutenberg Bible. The leaf was taken by the book dealer Gabriel Wells from a copy of the Gutenberg Bible once housed at the Royal Library in Munich. The leaf contains Exodus xiv: 27-xvi: 22. Headlines, chapter numbers, and initials, rubricated in red and blue.
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Publisher:
Mainz :
Johannes Gutenberg
Notes (citation):
Hain, 3031
GW, 420
Schwenke, P. Johannes Gutenbergs 42-zeilige Bibel, p. 17 (leaf from no. 37)
Work of Bruce Rogers, 301
Warde, F. Bruce Rogers, 156