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THE GUTENBERG BIBLE: DAWN OF THE INFORMATION AGE

The Gutenberg Bible represents the Dawn of the Information Age. Daniel Farber Huang viewed this 1455 Gutenberg Bible in a private viewing at the Princeton University’s Firestone Library on May 4, 2012, where he made these photographs. Daniel’s documentary photography was recently included by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for their “Hidden Voices, Hidden Stories” series. The Gutenberg Bible was the earliest major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe. It marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of printed books in the West. The book is valued and revered for its high aesthetic and artistic qualities as well as its historic significance. It is an edition of the Latin Vulgate printed in the 1450s by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, in present-day Germany. This 1455 Gutenberg Bible was gifted to Princeton University's Firestone Library in 2015 by the Scheide Family and has been housed within the Firestone Library since 1959.

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