Justification of Johann Gutenberg
Justification of Johann Gutenberg

Author: Blake Morrison

Publisher: Anchor Canada

Published: 2010-05-14

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0385672187

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Around 1400, in the city of Mainz, a man was born whose heretical invention was to change history. Some sixty years later he died — robbed of his business, his printing presses, and, so he thought, his immortality. In his dazzling first novel, Morrison gives us Gutenberg’s “testament” — his justification, dictated to one of the young scribes his invention will soon put out of work. Thus Morrison conjures up the haunting figure of Gutenberg himself: a man who gambled everything — money, honour, friendship and a woman’s love — on the greatest invention of the last millennium.

The Justification of Johann Gutenberg
The Justification of Johann Gutenberg

Author: Blake Morrison

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Published: 2003-11-25

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780060935719

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Blake Morrison has woven a stunning novel around the few facts known about the life and work of Johann Gensfleisch (aka Gutenberg), master printer, charmer, con man, and visionary -- the man who invented "artificial writing" and printed the Gutenberg Bible, putting thousands of monks out of work. In this dazzling debut novel, Morrison gives Gutenberg's final testament: a justification and apologia he dictated, ironically, to one of the young scribes made obsolete by his invention of movable metal type. Through the eyes of the aging narrator, we see the Middle Ages in a strange new light and witness a moment of cultural transition as dramatic as the communications revolution of today.

Johann Gutenberg and the Printing Press
Johann Gutenberg and the Printing Press

Author: Kay Melchisedech Olson

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780736896443

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Tells the story of Johann Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press. Written in graphic-novel format.

Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg

Author: Stephen Feinstein

Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781598450774

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Describes the life and career of Johannes Gutenberg, including the history of written text before his invention of the movable type press, and the advancements in printing made after his death.

Johannes Gutenberg: Printing Press Innovator
Johannes Gutenberg: Printing Press Innovator

Author: Sue Vander Hook

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 160453916X

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This title examines the remarkable life of Johannes Gutenberg and his innovation of the printing press. Readers will learn about Gutenberg's background and education, as well as his creation of the Gutenberg Bible for the Catholic Church. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Publishing Pioneers is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Observations on the Mystery of Print and the Work of Johann Gutenberg
Observations on the Mystery of Print and the Work of Johann Gutenberg

Author: Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Publisher: New York : s.n.

Published: 1937

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13:

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