Contents     Introduction     Instructions for Use       Important suggestions on how to use the pages     Digitised Documents Gutenberg and his Impact The Göttingen Gutenberg Bible (ca. 1454) Johann Gutenberg: His Life   All 1282 pages of both volumes   Facts, places and dates which played a role in Gutenberg' s life The Göttingen Model Book (ca. 1450) Helmasperger's Notarial Instrument   12 double pages with English transcription   Description of the legal document which records the dispute between Gutenberg and his backer Johannes Fust Helmasperger's Notarial Instrument of 6 November 1455 The Period before Printed Books   Facsimile with transcription of the original, English translation and comment of the most important passages   Copying Techniques from classical antiquity to the invention of letterpress printing Illumination Gutenberg's Epoch-Making Achievement   Illuminated pages of the Gutenberg Bible   The fundamental principles of Gutenberg's invention   Compare Model Book - Pages of the Bible Letterpress Printing   Compare pages of the Bible - Model Book   Book Manufacture in a printer's shop Passages from the Bible The "Work of the Books", the 42-line Latin Bible A selection of well-known Bible texts from the Bible compared to the original Hebrew and Greek text and Translations   About the Bible project between 1452/53 and 1456 Printing after Gutenberg   The spread of the art of printing, changes in book production and Gutenberg's vindication   German The Impact of Printing   English The Göttingen Vellum Copy of the B42   French The Göttingen Model Book       Description of the Model Book used for the illuminations in the Göttingen B42 other Contents   Online       The Göttingen exhibition "Gutenberg und seine Wirkung" (Gutenberg and his Impact), accessible from 20 June 2000 in the Internet     Partners     Impressum     Sources     A Word of Thanks