Paperblanks Gutenberg Bible Journal Collection

The Printed Word Esthetically Equals Exemplary Handwriting
The Gutenberg Bible is perhaps the greatest celebrity in the world of book arts. Forty-eight copies of the two-volume Latin Bible are extant. They are world-renowned for their beauty and for the consummate craftsmanship that went into their creation. In the 15th century Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith in Mainz, invented the technology of movable, reproducible type, a development that changed the face of printing and enabled the creation of the forty-two�line Bible. After Gutenberg�s invention, it became possible to replicate the work of scribes who had for generations meticulously copied texts by hand. These �nova forma scribendi� reproductions were found esthetically equal to exemplary handwriting. In collaboration with the Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, our journal covers carefully reproduce pages from Gutenberg�s ecclesiastic masterwork, including the Book of Genesis.