Detail View: Rylands Collection: Gutenberg Bible

Image Number: 
JRL022460tr
Reference Number: 
Spencer 3069
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Gutenberg Bible
Parent Work Title: 
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Gutenberg Bible
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
42 line Bible
Creator: 
Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502
Creator Role: 
Printer
Creator: 
Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468
Creator Role: 
Printer
Date Created: 
1455
Publication Details: 
Mainz : Printer of the 42-line Bible (Johann Gutenberg and Peter Schoeffer?)
Volume: 
2
Page/Sheet: 
Nahum
Description: 
Illustrated: detail: illuminated and decorated initial: O; beginning of Nahum
Language Code: 
lat-DE
Subject: 
Printing--History
Subject: 
Bible
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Incunabula
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium: 
Gold leaf
Support: 
Paper
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Image Creation Technique: 
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB