The Gutenberg Bible page with illuminated letter 1898 - stock illustration

Beginning of the 42-line Bibel - Prologue of the holy Hieronymus or Jerome printed in the 1450s by Johannes Gutenberg. The Prologus Galaetus or Galeatum principium is a preface by Jerome, dated 391-392, to his translation of the Liber Regum ( the book of Kings composed of four parts: the first and second books of Samuel the first and second books of Kings ) The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was the earliest major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe. It marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of printed books in the West. Original edition from my own archives Source : Brockhaus 1898