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Movable Type as Invented by Johannes Gutenberg
Image of movable type in the modern age as invented by Johannes Gutenberg, responsible for the invention of the printing press in Europe c. 1440's.
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Replica of Gutenberg's Press, Featherbed Alley Printshop Museum, Bermuda
A replica of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press at the Featherbed Alley Printshop Museum, Bermuda.
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Gutenberg Printing Press
Printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg (l. c. 1398-1468).
Gutenberg Museum, Mainz.
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William Tyndale
William Tyndale (l.c. 1494-1536) was a talented English linguist, scholar and priest who was the first to translate the Bible into English. Tyndale objected to the Catholic Church’s control of scripture in Latin and the prohibition against...
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Ancient Israelite & Judean Religion
As early as the 10th century BCE, Israelite and Judean religion began to emerge within the broader West Semitic culture, otherwise known as Canaanite culture. Between the 10th century and 7th centuries BCE, ancient Israelite and Judean religion...
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Tyndale Bible
A detail of a Tyndale Bible, the first English translations of that work, carried out by William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536). (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford)
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John Wycliffe with the Bible
John Wycliffe reading his translation of the Bible to John of Gaunt, oil on canvas painting by Ford Madox Brown between 1847 and 1861.
Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, Bradford.
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Bible Margin Note by Bach
A handwritten notation by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) in his Bible. The passage is 2 Chronicles, ch. 5, verse 13. Translated, the note reads: "N.B. In the music of worship, God is always present with his grace".
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Blanche of Castile from the Moralized Bible
Blanche of Castile (1188-1252) from the Moralized Bible, Illuminated Manuscript, c. 1227-1234
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City, New York
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Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press
A video on the moveable type printing press, an invention credited to Johannes Gutenberg in the 1540s CE in Mainz, Germany.