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The Morgan Gutenberg Bible Online

121. Judges, I, 119v–120r
122. Judges, I, 120v–121r
123. Judges, I, 121v–122r
124. Judges, I, 122v–123r
125. Judges, I, 123v–124r
126. Judges, I, 124v–125r
127. Judges, I, 125v–126r
128. Ruth, I, 126v–127r
129. Ruth, I, 127v–128r
130. Prologue to books of Samuel and Kings, I, 128v–129r
131. 1 Samuel, I, 129v–130r
132. 1 Samuel, I, 130v–131r
133. 1 Samuel, I, 131v–132r
134. 1 Samuel, I, 132v–133r
135. 1 Samuel, I, 133v–134r
136. 1 Samuel, I, 134v–135r
137. 1 Samuel, I, 135v–136r
138. 1 Samuel, I, 136v–137r
139. 1 Samuel, I, 137v–138r
140. 1 Samuel, I, 138v–139r
141. 1 Samuel, I, 139v–140r
142. 1 Samuel, I, 140v–141r
143. 1 Samuel, I, 141v–142r
144. 1 Samuel, I, 142v–143r

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.