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The Morgan Gutenberg Bible Online

001. Front Cover
002. Letter of Saint Jerome to Paulinus, I, Flyleaf–1r
003. Letter of Saint Jerome to Paulinus, I, 1v–2r
004. Letter of Saint Jerome to Paulinus, I, 2v–3r
005. Prologue to the Pentateuch, I, 3v–4r
006. Genesis, I, 4v–5r
007. Genesis, I, 5v–6r
008. Genesis, I, 6v–7r
009. Genesis, I, 7v–8r
010. Genesis, I, 8v–9r
011. Genesis, I, 9v–10r
012. Genesis, I, 10v–11r
013. Genesis, I, 11v–12r
014. Genesis, I, 12v–13r
015. Genesis, I, 13v–14r
016. Genesis, I, 14v–15r
017. Genesis, I, 15v–16r
018. Genesis, I, 16v–17r
019. Genesis, I, 17v–18r
020. Genesis, I, 18v–19r
021. Genesis, I, 19v–20r
022. Genesis, I, 20v–21r
023. Genesis, I, 21v–22r
024. Genesis, I, 22v–23r

Introduction

The Morgan Library & Museum is the only institution in the world to possess three copies of the Gutenberg Bible, the first substantial book printed from movable type in the West. Fifty copies survive today in varying states of completeness from an edition originally of around 160–180 copies, of which perhaps three quarters were printed on paper, one quarter on vellum. Other copies survive only as fragments. The Morgan has one copy on vellum (PML 13 & 818) and two copies on paper, one in two volumes (PML 19206–7) and another in one volume (PML 12), containing only the Old Testament. This presentation features digital images of the Old Testament copy along with commentary on its history and significance.