The Gutenberg Bible is one of the treasures of Yale University’s Beinecke Library — the first book printed with movable type in Europe. Now it has a companion, a much older Japanese scroll made with ...

In 1439, Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press with movable type ushered in a new era of mass communication, democratizing access to information and revolutionizing the spread of ideas.

The Gutenberg Bible from the Diocesan Museum in Pelpin is one of the most valuable and interesting preserved volumes in the world. In 1502, it was donated by Nicolaus Crapitz, the bishop of Warmia, to ...

Google is replacing its homepage logo with a Doodle honouring Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the movable type printing press. German-born Gutenberg’s invention in the 1400s is credited with ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just a book. Back ...

I’ve had an epiphany. This one is about Korean printing technology. The basic question is: Why, if the Gutenberg press spawned the Renaissance and then the Enlightenment and the end of feudalism in ...

Ask most people what the oldest book made with movable metal type is, and they likely will say the Gutenberg Bible, printed around 1455 in Mainz, Germany. That isn’t the case, and a University of Utah ...

We still speak of “turning a page,” still aspire to be “open books” and recite “chapter and verse,” but our pages are now webpages, our books are now e-books and audiobooks, and our chapters and ...