johannes gutenberg

     

Mainz, Germany celebrates the life of this inventor in an annual festival called Johannisnacht

Trivia about johannes gutenberg

  • Genesis printer:1450s
  • It's believed in 1455 Johann Fust foreclosed on & took over this man's printing operation
  • If he'd kept his family name, he would have printed the Gensfleisch Bible
  • In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz
  • In 1455 Johann Fust won a judgment against this printer & took the type used to print his famous Bible
  • The 42-line versions of the Bible he printed around 1450 were printed on hemp paper
  • When we say he invented movable type, we mean he invented the mold which made movable type practical
  • His name is on none of his print jobs, so if you have one of his famous bibles from 1456, stop looking
  • The Lilly Library at Indiana University has one of this man's 1,453 printings of the New Testament

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