Digitized Gutenberg Bible Available

Prince_Ali writes "A digital copy of the Gutenburg Bible, the first major Western book printed from movable type, has been made available by The University of Texas, available through the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. The Ransom Center's copy of the Bible is claimed to be the finest in the world, and is now freely available to anyone who would like to examine it. More information can be found via this CNN.com article."

Comments

Re:Christianity and the Gutenberg Bible

[kongjie]

Where did someone suggest that the digitized images were meant as a "study bible"? This is a museum piece, that's the whole point, but it's a museum piece with much greater access now.

Even the average Latin student is not going to be able to read those digitized images or even the actual pages, given the typography.

Cross-referencing does not have to be done in the margins of a book. Do you know how many in-depth studies of texts are done in rare book rooms? Without drawing on the books?

If nothing else, making the GB more available will teach the average huckleberry that the bible wasn't written in english, lol.

So much for a free press..

[molo]

Further reproduction of any of the Gutenberg Bible images without the written consent of the Ransom Center is prohibited.

So much for a free press and research materials.. This is such a load of crap. The largest images publicly available are 835x600.

Inquiries regarding the availability of higher-resolution digital images for research or publication should be directed to the Center's staff.

All this from a public university. Your tax dollars at work!

-molo