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![[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Mark 1:1]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1455/01/01/pages-from-the-gutenberg-bible-1455-the-1st-pages-of-the-gospels-and-the-beginning-640.jpg)
![[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: John 1:1]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0NTUvMDEvMDEvcGFnZXMtZnJvbS10aGUtZ3V0ZW5iZXJnLWJpYmxlLTE0NTUtdGhlLTFzdC1wYWdlcy1vZi10aGUtZ29zcGVscy1hbmQtdGhlLWJlZ2lubmluZy0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/64/webp "[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: John 1:1]")
![[Gutenberg Bible opened to the beginning of the Gospel of Luke]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvZ3V0ZW5iZXJnLWJpYmxlLW9wZW5lZC10by10aGUtYmVnaW5uaW5nLW9mLXRoZS1nb3NwZWwtb2YtbHVrZS1kMjljNzctMTYwMC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Gutenberg Bible opened to the beginning of the Gospel of Luke]")
![[Head-and-shoulders portraits of Johann Gutenberg, Martin Luther, Peter Schöffer, Melanchton, Johann Fust, and Lucas Cranach] / Stahlstich v. Carl Mayer's Kunst-Anstalt in Nürnberg.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDAvMDEvMDEvaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0cy1vZi1qb2hhbm4tZ3V0ZW5iZXJnLW1hcnRpbi1sdXRoZXItcGV0ZXItc2Nob2ZmZXItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Head-and-shoulders portraits of Johann Gutenberg, Martin Luther, Peter Schöffer, Melanchton, Johann Fust, and Lucas Cranach] / Stahlstich v. Carl Mayer's Kunst-Anstalt in Nürnberg.")
![[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Luke 1:1]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0NTUvMDEvMDEvcGFnZXMtZnJvbS10aGUtZ3V0ZW5iZXJnLWJpYmxlLTE0NTUtdGhlLTFzdC1wYWdlcy1vZi10aGUtZ29zcGVscy1hbmQtdGhlLWJlZ2lubmluZy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/57/webp "[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Luke 1:1]")
![[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 1:1]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0NTUvMDEvMDEvcGFnZXMtZnJvbS10aGUtZ3V0ZW5iZXJnLWJpYmxlLTE0NTUtdGhlLTFzdC1wYWdlcy1vZi10aGUtZ29zcGVscy1hbmQtdGhlLWJlZ2lubmluZy0zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 1:1]")