 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Gutenberg era comes to life
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PROVO -- In what was touted as the most authentic attempt to date
to reproduce pages from the original Gutenberg Bible, officials at
the Crandall Historical Printing Museum gathered Tuesday to print a
page of the renowned text, using a set of specially cast Latin type
and a hand-operated press.
Louis Crandall, president and founder of the museum, demonstrated
for media and invited guests how Johann Gutenberg set the type, inked
the press and -- using old-fashioned muscle power -- hand-...
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Gutenberg era comes to life
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; PROVO -- In what was touted as the most authentic attempt to date to reproduce pages from the original Gutenberg Bible, officials at the Crandall Historical Printing Museum gathered Tuesday to print a page of the renowned text, using a set of specially cast Latin type and a hand-operated press.
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MONASTERY DISPLAYING GUTENBERG BIBLE FACSIMILE
Evansville Courier & Press
; Not many people have seen an original Gutenberg Bible, but Tri- State residents can see the next best thing this weekend. From 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, a two-volume facsimile Gutenberg Bible will be on display at Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Ind. The facsimiles are exact copies of the
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Science reveals biblical rainbow; Process aids preservation efforts.(PAGE ONE)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Azurite, cinnabar, malachite, verdigris, carbon: These are the true colors of the Bible - the Gutenberg Bible, that is. For the first time in 600 years, the world has become privy to the mysterious substances used to illustrate the rare volumes of God's
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Gutenberg Bible is on CD for $80 One of world's rarest books becomes wholly accessible
International Herald Tribune
; Elizabeth Olson International Herald Tribune 11-14-2003 Rare books like the Gutenberg Bible are usually squirreled away in private libraries or locked in sealed cases in public institutions, where only a few people are able to peruse them. As part of an effort to make its holdings more accessible,
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The Digital Revelation; The Hand of Technology Brings Gutenberg Bible to the Masses
The Washington Post
; Most people will never see a Gutenberg Bible outside a dimly lit display case. They won't smell the sweet, musty aroma of the rippled cowhide vellum or use a magnifying glass to examine the engraved brass clasps or the strokes of hand-painted letters. What they can do, thanks to high-resolution
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Gutenberg Bible on display in Texas ... and on the Web
Daily Breeze
; SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS The copy of the Gutenberg Bible at the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is under guard in a temperature ...
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Bible on Web; Gutenberg's original gets digital scan.(LIFE - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Ann Geracimos, THE WASHINGTON TIMES First, movable type. Now, the electronic squeeze. Thanks to the blessings of modern technology, the Gutenberg Bible - the Western world's first large-size printed book - soon will be available on home computer screens, although in a much reduced size.
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 "All Things Considered (NPR)")
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Profile: Project at the Library of Congress taking high-resolution digital pictures of the Gutenberg Bible
All Things Considered (NPR)
; ... high-resolution digital pictures of the Gutenberg Bible Host: JACKI LYDEN, ROBERT SIEGEL Time: 8:00-9:00 PM JACKI LYDEN, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Jacki Lyden. ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And I'm Robert Siegel. Martha Blegen, who takes high-resolution ...
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Gutenberg Bible goes digital in Texas
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Gutenberg Bible goes digital in Texas By PAUL DUGGAN Washington Post Sunday, July 7, 2002 Washington -- In his shop in Germany, Johann Gutenberg was at the cutting edge of 15th-century information technology. Using separately cast, movable type for the first time, he published about 200 Bibles in
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Gutenberg collector
Pasadena Star-News
; ... 1910, was the railway magnate who later formed the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. The Pasadena Daily News on May 2, 1911, reported that Huntington had bought at auction in New York for $50,000 a unique copy of the rare Gutenberg Bible ...
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