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The Morgan Gutenberg Bible Online

049. Exodus, I, 47v–48r
050. Leviticus, I, 48v–49r
051. Leviticus, I, 49v–50r
052. Leviticus, I, 50v–51r
053. Leviticus, I, 51v–52r
054. Leviticus, I, 52v–53r
055. Leviticus, I, 53v–54r
056. Leviticus, I, 54v–55r
057. Leviticus, I, 55v–56r
058. Leviticus, I, 56v–57r
059. Leviticus, I, 57v–58r
060. Leviticus, I, 58v–59r
061. Leviticus, I, 59v–60r
062. Leviticus, I, 60v–61r
063. Leviticus, I, 61v–62r
064. Leviticus, I, 62v–63r
065. Numbers, I, 63v–64r
066. Numbers, I, 64v–65r
067. Numbers, I, 65v–66r
068. Numbers, I, 66v–67r
069. Numbers, I, 67v–68r
070. Numbers, I, 68v–69r
071. Numbers, I, 69v–70r
072. Numbers, I, 70v–71r

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.