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The Gutenberg Bible – Episode 41
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English - May 14, 2019 01:07 - 10 minutes - 11.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture Philosophy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A comprehensive overview of the Gutenberg Bible as well as a discussion of literacy in the medieval era.
I wanted to mention here that Mainz was actually a prominent town in the medieval era as shown by its innumerable examples of architecture and craft in its medieval churches; however, I stand by the opinion that it was certainly no Nuremberg!
Sources:
https://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-gutenberg-bible
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bibles/the-gutenberg-bible.html
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gutenberg-Bible
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/gutenberg-bible
https://www.britannica.com/topic/publishing#ref397985
http://medievalcolloquium.sewanee.edu/ask-a-medievalist/aam-columns/literacy.php