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The Morgan Gutenberg Bible Online

097. Deuteronomy, I, 95v–96r
098. Deuteronomy, I, 96v–97r
099. Deuteronomy, I, 97v–98r
100. Deuteronomy, I, 98v–99r
101. Deuteronomy, I, 99v–100r
102. Deuteronomy, I, 100v–101r
103. Prologue to Joshua, I, 101v–102r
104. Joshua, I, 102v–103r
105. Joshua, I, 103v–104r
106. Joshua, I, 104v–105r
107. Joshua, I, 105v–106r
108. Joshua, I, 106v–107r
109. Joshua, I, 107v–108r
110. Joshua, I, 108v–109r
111. Joshua, I, 109v–110r
112. Joshua, I, 110v–111r
113. Joshua, I, 111v–112r
114. Joshua, I, 112v–113r
115. Joshua, I, 113v–114r
116. Judges, I, 114v–115r
117. Judges, I, 115v–116r
118. Judges, I, 116v–117r
119. Judges, I, 117v–118r
120. Judges, I, 118v–119r

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.