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Printing History and Religious Change

Led by Jill Gage, Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing and Bibliographer for British Literature and History

Nov 28, 2017

Smith Gallery

[A Leaf from the Gutenberg Bible (Ezekiel 37:11 to 39:7.).] First complete book printed with metal type on a book press, Mainz, Germany, around 1454.

[A Leaf from the Gutenberg Bible (Ezekiel 37:11 to 39:7.).] First complete book printed with metal type on a book press, Mainz, Germany, around 1454. VAULT Ruggles 27.

[A Leaf from the Gutenberg Bible (Ezekiel 37:11 to 39:7.).] First complete book printed with metal type on a book press, Mainz, Germany, around 1454. VAULT Ruggles 27.

Religious Change & Print features numerous fine examples of printed images and texts, including a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible. We invite you to join us for this upcoming tour, where we will lead you through the extraordinary items of printing history featured in this exhibition.

This tour is part of Religious Change, 1450 - 1700, a multidisciplinary project exploring how religion and print made the medieval world modern. The project is generously supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.