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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.
A group of people founded the museum in 1900, 500 years after Johannes Gutenberg’s birth, to honor the inventor and present his technical and artistic achievements to the public at large. They also aimed to exhibit the writing and printing of as many different cultures as possible.
The Gutenberg Bible is an edition of the Latin Vulgate printed in the 1450s by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz (Holy Roman Empire), in present-day Germany. Out of either 158 or 180 copies that were originally printed, 49 survive in at least substantial portion, 21 of them in entirety.
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.
Mainz is the birthplace of Johannes Gutenberg, who introduced letterpress printing to Europe, starting the global spread of the printing press. Mainz was heavily damaged in World War II; more than 30 air raids destroyed around half of the old town in the city centre, but many buildings were rebuilt post-war.
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
Gutenberg was the first to create his type pieces from an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony—and these materials remained standard for 550 years. [9] For alphabetic scripts, movable-type page setting was quicker than woodblock printing. The metal type pieces were more durable and the lettering was more uniform, leading to typography and fonts.
Born Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden, [12] Johannes Gutenberg is widely considered the most influential person within the German Renaissance. As a free thinker, humanist, and inventor, Gutenberg also grew up within the Renaissance, but influenced it greatly as well. His best-known invention is the printing press in 1440. Gutenberg's press ...