The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, and as the Mazarin Bible) is a print of the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible that was printed by its namesake, Johann Gutenberg, in Mainz, Germany. The print run started on February 23, 1455, using moveable type. This Bible is the most famous incunabulum and its production marked the beginning of the mass production of books in the West. It was printed in Textura and Schwabacher.

A very complete copy comprises 1282 pages; most were bound in two volumes.

It is believed that about 180 copies of the Bible were produced, 45 on vellum and 135 on paper, a number which boggled minds in societies which, from time immemorial, had

As of 2003, the number of known extant Gutenberg Bibles includes eleven complete copies on vellum, one copy of the New Testament only on vellum, and 48 substantially complete integral copies on paper, with another divided copy on paper. The country with the most copies is Germany, which has twelve. Three cities have two copies: Paris, Moscow, and Vatican City; London has three copies plus the Bagford Fragment; New York has four copies.

Known locations of Gutenberg Bibles

Austria (1)

• Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna

Belgium (1)

• Bibliotheque Universitaire in Mons

Denmark (1)

• Kongelige Bibliotek

France (3)

• Bibliotheque Nationale
  
  
  
  in Paris (one of three "perfect vellum" copies)
• Bibliotheque Mazarine in Paris
• Bibliotheque Municipale in Saint-Omer

Germany (12)

• Gutenberg Museum in Mainz (2 copies)
• Landesbibliothek in Fulda
• Universitätsbibliothek in Leipzig
• Universitatsbibliothek in Göttingen
• Staatsbibliothek in Berlin
• Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich
• Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek in Frankfurt-am-Main
• Hofbibliothek in Aschaffenburg
• Wurttembergische Landesbibliothek in Stuttgart
• Stadtbibliothek in Trier
• Landesbibliothek in Kassel

Italy/Vatican City (2)

• Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (one vellum copy, one on paper)

Japan (1)

• Keio University Library in Tokyo

Poland (1)

• Biblioteka Seminarium Duchownego in Pelpin

Portugal (1)

• Biblioteca Nacional in Lisbon

Russia (2)

• Russian State Library in Moscow
• Lomonosow University Library in Moscow

Spain (2)

• Biblioteca Universitaria y Provincial in Seville
• Biblioteca Pública Provincial in Burgos

Switzerland (1)

• Bibliotheca Bodmeriana in Cologny

United Kingdom (8)

• British Library in London (one of three "perfect vellum" copies, one paper copy and the Bagford Fragment)
• Lambeth Palace Library in London (decorated in England)
• Bodleian Library in Oxford
• University Library in Cambridge
• Eton College Library in Eton
• John Rylands Library in Manchester
• National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh

United States of America (9)

• Library of Congress in Washington, DC (one of three "perfect vellum" copies)
• New York Public Library in New York City
• Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City (one copy on vellum, 2 copies on paper)
• Widener Library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
• The Scheide Library at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey
• Indiana University Library at Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana (incomplete NT only)
• Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas
• Henry E. Huntington Library in San Marino, California

Sources

• The British Library

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