Illuminated Manuscripts

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Illuminated Manuscripts beautiful but oh so
time consuming
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The printing press was invented by Johann
Gutenberg

• Gutenberg was from Mainz, Germany
• He introduced a mechanical way of producing books
  that surpassed any existing technology
• His first books were printed in 1454-1455
• Before Gutenberg, every book in Europe had to be
  copied by hand.

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The Chinese printed books even before the
Europeans.

• The Chinese used movable type, but it was made of
  wood.
• The Chinese did not have a press.

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Gutenbergs Improvements

• the printer's ink
• the making of type
• the use of a press
• the production process itself

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The Ink

• It was not really ink at all, more like an oil
  paint
• It is unlike writing-ink, which was water-based
• Water-based ink would have run off the metal
  types. Instead the thick, oil-based varnish stuck
  to them.

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The Types

• Types Letters, Punctuation marks, and other
  signs
• Gutenberg invented a way of mass-producing them
• They were made out of metal
• They could be put together to form words,
  sentences, and pages
• After printing the page, the types could then be
  reused

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The Press

• One of Gutenberg's most radical ideas was to use
  a press for printing.
• Presses had been around for a long time, but were
  used for other purposes, notably wine-making.

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The Press
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The Production Process
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The Gutenberg Bible
The text of the Bible is in Latin. The
Gutenberg Bible lacks many print features that
modern readers are accustomed to, such as word
spacing, indentations, and paragraph breaks.
The Bible has over 1280 pages, and the text was
laid out in two columns. The Bible was also
printed in English, French, and German.
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Gutenbergs Impact

• Gutenberg's invention did not make him rich
• It made books easier to produce, cheaper, and
  widely disseminated.
• Resulted in the mass-production of books,
  newspapers and pamphlets.
• Ideas spread rapidly.
• People were able to debate and discuss matters
  that concerned them the outcome was the growth
  of literacy.
• There were more attempts at censorship, as those
  in authority felt threatened by the new abundance
  of information.
• Influenced many religious revolutions. Allowed
  the common man to posses a Bible for his own
  interpretation.

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