Two sets of sacred documents — the Gutenburg Bible and the Spring and Autumn Annals of Confucius — chronicle two religious traditions separated by cultures and entire continents. We might not know of ...

1468: Johannes Gutenberg dies in Mainz, Germany. His name lives on. Gutenberg made one contribution to technology in particular and to civilization in general, but it was a doozy. The printing press ...

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It's not just a book. Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg was a man with a plan. The German inventor decided to ...

Who printed the Gutenberg Bible? It sounds like a Groucho Marx joke, of the "Who's buried in Grant's tomb?" variety. But the story behind the invention of the printing press, and the first book ever ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Johannes Gutenberg may have invented modern printing, but Michael Hart ...

It’s hard to pin down the exact day the book was born, but August 24 is as fine a day to celebrate as any: it was on this day in 1456 that at least one copy of the original Gutenberg Bible was ...

The Gutenberg Bible has long been a magic term among book collectors. As the "first printed book worthy of the name", copies of it have been valued at above $350,000. Harvard has an outstanding ...

Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad are back on Broadway -- in "Gutenberg! The Musical!". Matt Murphy Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad, that match made in “Mormon,” are back together and hamming it up again on ...