The Helmasperger Notarial Instrument
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The Helmasperger Instrument was donated to the University
Library in 1741 by Johann David Köhler, a Göttingen historian.
In the same year, on the basis of this document, Köhler provided
some new insights into Gutenberg research and contributed to the vindication
of Johannes Gutenberg as the inventor of letterpress printing. (
Printing
after Gutenberg)
Later,
the manuscript was forgotten and first rediscovered in 1886 by Karl Dziatzko.
You can view a transcription of the Helmarsperger Instrument, a translation into High German and English as well as an interpretation of the contents of the document in German and English. The text has been divided into 16 sections for this purpose.
View
the original document.
Chapter
The Period before Printed Books