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The Morgan Gutenberg Bible Online

289. Job, I, 287v–288r
290. Job, I, 288v–289r
291. Job, I, 289v–290r
292. Job, I, 290v–291r
293. Job, I, 291v–292r
294. Prologue to Psalms, I, 292v–293r
295. Psalms, I, 293v–294r
296. Psalms, I, 294v–295r
297. Psalms, I, 295v–296r
298. Psalms, I, 296v–297r
299. Psalms, I, 297v–298r
300. Psalms, I, 298v–299r
301. Psalms, I, 299v–300r
302. Psalms, I, 300v–301r
303. Psalms, I, 301v–302r
304. Psalms, I, 302v–303r
305. Psalms, I, 303v–304r
306. Psalms, I, 304v–305r
307. Psalms, I, 305v–306r
308. Psalms, I, 306v–307r
309. Psalms, I, 307v–308r
310. Psalms, I, 308v–309r
311. Psalms, I, 309v–310r
312. Psalms, I, 310v–311r

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.