The '''Gutenberg Bible''' is a printed version of the Latin Vulgate translation of the [[Bible]], created by [[Johannes Gutenberg]] in the mid-1400s.<ref>http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/</ref> It was the first major work completed on Gutenberg's newly invented movable type press. It allowed for the first widespread dissemination of the Bible to the masses. As of 2007, only 48 copies of the original Gutenberg Bible are known to exist, of which only nine are complete.<ref>http://www.clausenbooks.com/gutenbergcensus.htm</ref><ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-26/gutenberg-bible-that-changed-the-world-on-display-in-melbourne/5625944</ref> | The '''Gutenberg Bible''' is a printed version of the Latin Vulgate translation of the [[Bible]], created by [[Johannes Gutenberg]] in the mid-1400s.<ref>http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/</ref> It was the first major work completed on Gutenberg's newly invented movable type press. It allowed for the first widespread dissemination of the Bible to the masses. As of 2007, only 48 copies of the original Gutenberg Bible are known to exist, of which only nine are complete.<ref>http://www.clausenbooks.com/gutenbergcensus.htm</ref><ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-26/gutenberg-bible-that-changed-the-world-on-display-in-melbourne/5625944</ref> |