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Nov 2, 2020 · The German printer Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398-1468 CE) is widely credited with the innovation and he famously printed an edition of the Bible in 1456 CE. Beginning with religious works and textbooks, soon presses were churning out all manner of texts from Reformation pamphlets to romantic novels.
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- A Global News Network Was Launched. Johannes Gutenberg’s first printing press. Gutenberg didn’t live to see the immense impact of his invention. His greatest accomplishment was the first print run of the Bible in Latin, which took three years to print around 200 copies, a miraculously speedy achievement in the day of hand-copied manuscripts.
- The Renaissance Kicked Into High Gear. Sketch of a printing press taken from a notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci. The Italian Renaissance began nearly a century before Gutenberg invented his printing press when 14th-century political leaders in Italian city-states like Rome and Florence set out to revive the Ancient Roman educational system that had produced giants like Caesar, Cicero and Seneca.
- Martin Luther Becomes the First Best-Selling Author. Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses on the door of Wittenberg castle church. There’s a famous quote attributed to German religious reformer Martin Luther that sums up the role of the printing press in the Protestant Reformation: “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one.”
- Printing Powers the Scientific Revolution. Tables from Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus' pioneering text “De revolutionibus orbium caelestium” (On the revolution of heavenly spheres), 1543, which represents his complete work.
Jul 25, 2022 · Johannes Gutenberg (l. c. 1398-1468) was the inventor of the printing press (c. 1450) who seems to have developed the device from wine and oil presses of the time.
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Jun 28, 2024 · Johannes Gutenberg is known for having designed and built the first known mechanized printing press in Europe. In 1455 he used it to print the Gutenberg Bible, which is one of the earliest books in the world to be printed from movable type.
- The type of mechanized printing press that Johannes Gutenberg created in the 15th century made it possible for the first time in Europe to manufact...
- Available records indicate that Johannes Gutenberg spent most, if not all, of his working life in the cities of Strassburg (now Strasbourg, France)...
May 7, 2018 · The printing press, which allows for the mass production of printed matter, originated in China before Johannes Gutenberg perfected his version around 1450.
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May 22, 2020 · The most common iteration of the printing press is the Gutenberg press—but it wasn’t the first. It’s unknown who invented the initial printing press, but the oldest known printed text came from China. Called The Diamond Sutra, it’s a Buddhist scroll that was published around 868 CE.
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In its essentials, the wooden press used by Gutenberg reigned supreme for more than 300 years, with a hardly varying rate of 250 sheets per hour printed on one side. Discover how Johannes Gutenberg's printing press increased the literacy and education of people in Europe.
