[A leaf from the first printed Bible]
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Type of record: Book
Title: [A leaf from the first printed Bible]
Other titles: Bible; Mazarine Bible; Gutenberg Bible
Classmark: BC Safe/BIB
Additional creator(s): Gutenberg, Johann (1397?-1468) (Printer); Fust, Johannes (1400-1466) (Printer); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930) (Former owner)
Related people: Gutenberg, Johann; Fust, Johannes; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton
Publisher: Printer of the 42-line Bible (Johann Gutenberg) and Johannes Fust
Publication city: [Mainz]
Date(s): [about 1455]
Language: Latin
Size and medium: 1 leaf
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/t5nfsfrb
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/118348
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991008676539705181
Collection group(s): Incunabula
Description
Imprint from ISTC.
Printed in two columns with 42 lines to a full column.
Indexed in: ISTC no. ib00526000.
Features
The leaf is printed on paper and comprises four complete columns on two sides. The text is 2 Samuel 20-21.
Headlines supplied in red and blue.
Capital strokes supplied in red.
The major initial on the verso is supplied in blue.
The chapter number on the verso is supplied in red and blue.
Bindings
The leaf is preserved in a light brown buckram case. Gold-tooled on the front of the case are the words: A leaf from the Gutenberg Bible - Mainz, 1450.
Provenance
Coloured armorial bookplate of Sir Edward Allen Brotherton on the inside cover of the buckram case enclosing the item. The leaf was most likely acquired before 17 June 1929 when Brotherton was created Baron Brotherton of Wakefield.
Access and usage
Access
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