| 词汇 | gutenberg bible |
| 词源 | Gutenberg Bible. The first printed Bible, long erroneously thought to be the first book to be printed from movable type in the Western world, is named for Johannes Gutenberg (ca. 1398–1468), the German printer generally believed to be the inventor of movable type. Few great men of relatively modern times have left such meager records of their lives as Gutenberg. No likeness exists of him, and his life is veiled in obscurity. Gutenberg may have adopted his mother’s maiden name, for his father’s surname appears to have been Gensfleisch. It is known that the goldsmith Johann Fust loaned the printer money to establish his press in Mainz, which Gutenberg lost to him in 1455 when he failed to repay the loan. But no book ex- tant bears Gutenberg’s name as its printer and though he is still regarded as a likely candidate, he may not have invented printing in the West or even printed the Gutenberg Bible (1450). |
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