Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible
Item Information
- Title:
- Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible
- Title (uniform):
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Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1454
- Description:
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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.
- Printer:
- Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468
- Printer:
- Fust, Johannes, 1400-1466
- Printer:
- Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502
- Former owner:
- Elisabeth Auguste, Electress, consort of Karl Theodor, Elector Palatine and Elector of Bavaria, 1721-1794
- Former owner:
- Wells, Gabriel, 1862-1946
- Former owner:
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Former owner:
- Mannheimer Hofbibliothek
- Date:
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1454
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Gothic type
Incunabula
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department - Collection (local):
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Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
- Subjects:
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Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1454
- Places:
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GermanyBavariaMainz
- Extent:
- [1] leaf
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/h128qt14t
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Restrictions:
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Access to physical copy/copies by appointment only. Please contact Boston Public Library Rare Books and Manuscripts Department for further information.
- Publisher:
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Mainz :
Johannes Gutenberg
- Notes (citation):
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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
- Notes:
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Title supplied by cataloger.
- Language:
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Latin
- Identifier:
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06_01_006239-06_01_006240
- Call #:
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RARE BKS Q.450.5 FOLIO
- Barcode:
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39999085229936