NOTEBOOK PARABOLE MINI
NOTEBOOK PARABOLE MINI
In the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg invented printing using movable and reproducible type, enabling the creation of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible.
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The Parable model reproduces an illumination by Gisela Maschmann, who added her paintings of "The Judgement of Solomon" to Gutenberg's masterpiece. In the 15th century, the German silversmith Johannes Gutenberg sought to reproduce the beauty of hand-illuminated manuscripts through a mass production process. In the 1450s, he achieved his goal by moulding individual letters in large quantities so that they could be assembled and collated to form a printed text, an extremely important innovation now known as the letterpress. With the letterpress, Gutenberg created "nova forma scribendi", reproductions of works of great importance, normally reserved for clergy and royalty. This led to the printing of his famous 42-line Bible. The Gutenberg Bible was a kind of hybrid of mass production and handmade touches, with the text printed in its new type of movable type and coloured chapter headings, as well as hand-decorated initials and margins. Although only 49 copies of Gutenberg's two-volume Latin Bible have survived, it continues to inspire artists and writers alike. The Parable model reproduces a page illuminated by the German artist Gisela Maschmann. Maschmann modelled her miniature painting of the Judgement of Solomon on a volume of Gutenberg's ecclesiastical masterpiece in the Berlin State Library. Gutenberg's invention in the 1450s changed the face of printing forever. It made it possible to reproduce the work of scribes, who for generations had to meticulously copy texts by hand. Since the first printing press in Main, Germany, the technology spread at a remarkable rate and by 1470 there were 14 printing houses throughout Europe. This spread of art and culture to people all over the continent was crucial in bringing Europe out of medievalism and into the Renaissance. It is impossible to overstate the importance of Gutenberg's letterpress as it was the major innovation that enabled literacy to spread throughout the world.
- Width: 100mm (4")
- Height: 140mm (5½")
- Depth: 20mm (¾")
- Original artwork: 'The Judgement of Solomon', illumination by Gisela Maschmann.
- Period: Contemporary (original Gutenberg Bible printed between 1450 and 1500)
- Region: Mainz, Germany
Data sheet
- Brand
- Paperblanks
- Number of pages
- 176p
- Closure
- Wrap
- Cover
- Harcover
- Paper weight
- 85g
- Type of notebook
- Notebook without line