Page "Johannes Gutenberg" Paragraph 26

In 1455, Gutenberg completed copies of a beautifully executed folio Bible ( Biblia Sacra ), with 42 lines on each page.

Copies sold for 30 florins each, which was roughly three years ' wages for an average clerk.

Nonetheless, it was significantly cheaper than a manuscript Bible that could take a single scribe over a year to prepare.

After printing the text, some copies were rubricated or hand-illuminated in the same elegant way as manuscript Bibles from the same period.