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The Morgan Gutenberg Bible Online

145. 1 Samuel, I, 143v–144r
146. 1 Samuel, I, 144v–145r
147. 1 Samuel, I, 145v–146r
148. 2 Samuel, I, 146v–147r
149. 2 Samuel, I, 147v–148r
150. 2 Samuel, I, 148v–149r
151. 2 Samuel, I, 149v–150r
152. 2 Samuel, I, 150v–151r
153. 2 Samuel, I, 151v–152r
154. 2 Samuel, I, 152v–153r
155. 2 Samuel, I, 153v–154r
156. 2 Samuel, I, 154v–155r
157. 2 Samuel, I, 155v–156r
158. 2 Samuel, I, 156v–157r
159. 2 Samuel, I, 157v–158r
160. 2 Samuel, I, 158v–159r
161. 2 Samuel, I, 159v–160r
162. 1 Kings, I, 160v–161r
163. 1 Kings, I, 161v–162r
164. 1 Kings, I, 162v–163r
165. 1 Kings, I, 163v–164r
166. 1 Kings, I, 164v–165r
167. 1 Kings, I, 165v–166r
168. 1 Kings, I, 166v–167r

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.