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  2. Global spread of the printing press - Wikipedia

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    Gutenberg's first major print work was the 42-line Bible in Latin, printed probably between 1452 and 1454 in the German city of Mainz. After Gutenberg lost a lawsuit against his investor, Johann Fust , Fust put Gutenberg's employee Peter Schöffer in charge of the print shop.

  3. Canons of page construction - Wikipedia

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    Recto page from a rare Blackletter Bible (1497). The canons of page construction are historical reconstructions, based on careful measurement of extant books and what is known of the mathematics and engineering methods of the time, of manuscript-framework methods that may have been used in Medieval- or Renaissance-era book design to divide a page into pleasing proportions.

  4. List of historic properties in Phoenix - Wikipedia

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    The C. W. Cisney House was built in 1900 and is located at 2011 W. Madison St. C. W. Cisney House' built the house which is constructed in the Colonial Revival architectural style and represents the Builder's Plan Book property type. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1995, reference #94001527.

  5. History of Western typography - Wikipedia

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    A detailed examination of Gutenberg's life and invention, skillfully interwoven with the underlying social and religious upheaval of Medieval Europe on the eve of the Renaissance. McKitterick, David. Print, Manuscript, and the Search for Order, 1450-1830, N.Y. & Cambridge:{Cambridge University Press, 2003 ISBN 0-521-82690-X. Deals with the ...

  6. Gutenberg Bible - Wikipedia

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    Gutenberg Bible in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The Gutenberg Bible is an edition of the Vulgate, a Latin translation of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the Greek New Testament by St Jerome. The text contains emendations from the Parisian Bible tradition, and further divergences. [5]

  7. List of newspapers in Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Arizona Black Dispatch – Phoenix in the 1970s [16] The Arizona Champion – Peach Springs and Flagstaff 1880s – 1890s [ 17 ] Arizona Citizen – Tucson 1870s – 1880s [ 18 ] See also: Arizona Weekly Citizen , Tucson Citizen , Arizona Daily Citizen .

  8. Mainz Psalter - Wikipedia

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    The Mainz Psalter was the second major book printed with movable type in the West; [1] the first was the Gutenberg Bible. It is a psalter commissioned by the Mainz archbishop in 1457. The Psalter introduced several innovations: it was the first book to feature a printed date of publication, a printed colophon , two sizes of type, printed ...

  9. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    According to court records from the city of Mainz, Johannes Fust was for some time Gutenberg's financial backer. By the 16th century jobs in printing were becoming increasingly specialized. Structures [clarification needed] supporting publishers were more and more complex, leading to division of labour. In Europe between 1500 and 1700 the role ...