Lecture 1: The Christian Latin Bible from its origins to the 13th-century Paris Bible
11 October 2021, 5–6pm (BST)
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Lecture 2: Latin Bible-writing in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; the Gutenberg Bible workshop
13 October 2021, 5–6pm (BST)
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Lecture 3: The Texts of the Gutenberg Bible; the case of 4 Ezra
15 October 2021, 5–6pm (BST)
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Lecture 4: Fifteenth-century Latin Bible printing and distribution
18 October 2021, 5–6pm (BST)
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Lecture 5: The serpentine text of the Gutenberg Bible
20 October 2021, 5–6pm (BST)
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Gutenberg Bible online
View a IIIF collection containing around 30 volumes of the Gutenberg Bible. Click on 'Index' on the left hand side of the page to view the full list and to move between volumes.
The collection includes:
- France, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Réserve des livres rares, VELINS-67
- France, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Réserve des livres rares, VELINS-68
- France, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Réserve des livres rares, VELINS-69
- France, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Réserve des livres rares, VELINS-70
- France, Saint-Omer, Bibliothèque de l’Agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer, Inc. 7-1
- Germany, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, 2° Inc 1511
- Germany, Göttingen, SUB Göttingen, [Vol. 1]
- Germany, Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB-Ink B-408, Vol. 1
- Germany, Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB-Ink B-408, Vol. 2
- Japan, Tokyo, Keio University Library, Incunabula Collection 036
- Spain, Seville, Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla, Inc. 31
- UK, Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Inc.1
- UK, Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Inc.2
- UK, Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, Inc.1.A.1.1[3761.1-2]
- UK, London, British Library, G.12226, Vol. 1
- UK, London, British Library, G.12226, Vol. 2
- UK, London, British Library, Digital Store C.9.d.3.
- UK, Manchester, John Rylands Library, 3069, Vol. 1
- UK, Manchester, John Rylands Library, 3069, Vol. 2
- UK, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Arch. B b.10
- UK, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Arch. B b.11
- USA, Cambridge MA, Houghton Library, Biblia Latina, Vol. 1 (selected images)
- USA, Cambridge MA, Houghton Library, Biblia Latina, Vol. 2 (selected images)
- USA, New Haven CT, Beinecke Library, ZZi 56, Vol. 1
- USA, New Haven CT, Beinecke Library, ZZi 56, Vol. 2
- USA, Princeton NJ, Scheide Library, 48.1, Vol. 1
- USA, Princeton NJ, Scheide Library, 48.1, Vol. 2
- USA, Washington DC, Library of Congress, BS75 1454
- Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Stamp.Barb.AAA.IV.16
- Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Stamp.Barb.AAA.IV.17