Although the standard language utilized in the 15th century Europe was Latin, the majority of people at the time faced a literacy barrier that seemed impossible to penetrate as Latin was the language exclusively for scholars, bureaucrats, and highly educated religious people. Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press, however, had facilitated the firm establishment of highly organized structure, order and parallel components of many languages in modern society. Hence, the outbreak of commercial employment of the printing press had substantially encouraged the innovation of diverse languages and education that, in turn, broke the barrier of literacy-related problems.
The Gutenberg’s Bible taken from Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas’ Bible, n.d., Reinart.
Volume 1 Folio -2r of the Gutenberg Bible
Volume 1 Folio -1r of the Gutenberg Bible.
Volume 1 Folio 1r of the Gutenberg Bible.
Volume 1 Folio 4r of the Gutenberg Bible.
Volume 1 Folio 5r of the Gutenberg Bible.
Volume 1 Folio 29r of the Gutenberg Bible.
Volume 1 Folio 49r of the Gutenberg Bible.
Volume 1 Folio 63v of the Gutenberg Bible.
Volume 1 Folio 84r of the Gutenberg Bible.
Volume 1 Folio 102r of the Gutenberg Bible.
The Gutenberg Bible in hardcover digitized by the HUMI Project at Keio University, 2000, British Library.
Front Cover of Biblia Latina.
PML 12, I, 1v–2r of Biblia Latina.
PML 12, I, 3v–4r of Biblia Latina.
PML 12, I, 4v–5r of Biblia Latina.
PML 12, I, 28v–29r of Biblia Latina.
PML 12, I, 48v–49r of Biblia Latina.
PML 12, I, 63v–64r of Biblia Latina.
PML 12, I, 70v–71r of Biblia Latina.
PML 12, I, 83v–84r of Biblia Latina.
PML 12, I, 101v–102rof Biblia Latina.
Bliblia Latina in hardcover, 1455, The Morgan Library & Museum.