The Morgan Gutenberg Bible Online

241. 1 Esdras, I, 239v–240r

242. 1 Esdras, I, 240v–241r

243. 1 Esdras, I, 241v–242r

244. 1 Esdras, I, 242v–243r

245. 1 Esdras, I, 243v–244r

246. 1 Esdras, I, 244v–245r

247. 1 Esdras, I, 245v–246r

248. 2 Esdras, I, 246v–247r

249. 2 Esdras, I, 247v–248r

250. 2 Esdras, I, 248v–249r

251. 2 Esdras, I, 249v–250r

252. 2 Esdras, I, 250v–251r

253. 2 Esdras, I, 251v–252r

254. 2 Esdras, I, 252v–253r

255. 2 Esdras, I, 253v–254r

256. 2 Esdras, I, 254v–255r

257. 2 Esdras, I, 255v–256r

258. 2 Esdras, I, 256v–257r

259. 2 Esdras, I, 257v–258r

260. 2 Esdras, I, 258v–259r

261. 2 Esdras, I, 259v–260r

262. Prologue to Tobit, I, 260v–261r

263. Tobit, I, 261v–262r

264. Tobit, I, 262v–263r

Introduction

The Morgan Library & Museum is the only institution in the world to possess three copies of the Gutenberg Bible, the first substantial book printed from movable type in the West. Fifty copies survive today in varying states of completeness from an edition originally of around 160–180 copies, of which perhaps three quarters were printed on paper, one quarter on vellum. Other copies survive only as fragments. The Morgan has one copy on vellum (PML 13 & 818) and two copies on paper, one in two volumes (PML 19206–7) and another in one volume (PML 12), containing only the Old Testament. This presentation features digital images of the Old Testament copy along with commentary on its history and significance.