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Johannes Gutenberg was born in Mainz (in modern-day Germany), a wealthy city along the Rhine, between the 14th and 15th centuries. [1] [10] His exact year of birth is unknown; on the basis of a later document indicating that he came of age by 1420, scholarly estimates have ranged from 1393 to 1406.
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The Humbrechthof, also known as Hof zum Humbrecht, was the building in which Johannes Gutenberg developed his technique of printing with movable metal type and set up his first printing press. It was located in the old town of Mainz. Today, the houses at Schusterstraße 22 and 24 are located on the site. [1]
The Gutenberg-Jahrbuch is an annual periodical publication covering the history of printing and the book. Its focus is on incunables , early printing , and the life and work of Johannes Gutenberg , inventor of the modern printed book.
The feast was initiated to commemorate the Johannes Gutenberg who died 500 years before [2] and to improve the image of Mainz as a town of the art of printing. The Johannisnacht takes place annually during four days around Johannistag (St. John's Day, 24 June). It is attended by more than 500,000 people each year.
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[7] [8] There were at least two rival printers also printing in Mainz at the time [9] and one of the discrepancies that may lend evidence that Gutenberg did not print the document is the distinct difference of the typeface on the Indulgence from that of the Gutenberg Bible, printed by Gutenberg. [3] The year 1454 is printed on the document ...
Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468), introduced moveable type printing to Europe Johann Lorenz Trunck von Guttenberg (1661–1742), Mayor of Vienna 1713–1716 Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg , (born 1971), former Minister of Defence (Germany), son of Enoch zu Guttenberg