Western Civilization I / Unit 13 WC1 1211 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Gutenberg, Mainz, and the Bible of 1455
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The idea
Gutenberg of Mainz, in the late fourteen forties, built a press with movable metal type, and his Bible of fourteen fifty-five, the Vulgate, was the first best-seller. Chinese and Korean printing came earlier with no evidence of transmission, the anchor says.
In practice
Fewer copying errors, and cheaper than manuscript.
Where people slip
The anchor spells the city Meinz. Mainz.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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