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06119-06120

Title

Subject

Description

Fourth printed edition of the Latin Bible by Fust and Schoeffer. They used a small typeface for extended private reading and included printed rubrics, colored initals, chapter numerals, and paragraph marks which were usually added by rubricators.

Creator

Fust, Johannes, 1400–1466, printer and Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425–approximately 1502, printer.

Source

06119-06120. [LATIN BIBLE]. Biblia latina. 2 vols. Printed on vellum. Mainz: Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 14 August 1462.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Mainz

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Vellum Printed Book

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

Fust, Johannes, 1400–1466, printer and Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425–approximately 1502, printer., “06119-06120,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed November 14, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1334.