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The Morgan Gutenberg Bible Online

073. Numbers, I, 71v–72r
074. Numbers, I, 72v–73r
075. Numbers, I, 73v–74r
076. Numbers, I, 74v–75r
077. Numbers, I, 75v–76r
078. Numbers, I, 76v–77r
079. Numbers, I, 77v–78r
080. Numbers, I, 78v–79r
081. Numbers, I, 79v–80r
082. Numbers, I, 80v–81r
083. Numbers, I, 81v–82r
084. Numbers, I, 82v–83r
085. Deuteronomy, I, 83v–84r
086. Deuteronomy, I, 84v–85r
087. Deuteronomy, I, 85v–86r
088. Deuteronomy, I, 86v–87r
089. Deuteronomy, I, 87v–88r
090. Deuteronomy, I, 88v–89r
091. Deuteronomy, I, 89v–90r
092. Deuteronomy, I, 90v–91r
093. Deuteronomy, I, 91v–92r
094. Deuteronomy, I, 92v–93r
095. Deuteronomy, I, 93v–94r
096. Deuteronomy, I, 94v–95r

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.