{"id":1846,"date":"2009-06-09T09:45:36","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T16:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/2009\/06\/09\/gutenberg-bible-coming-online-from-cambridge-university\/"},"modified":"2009-06-09T09:45:36","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T16:45:36","slug":"gutenberg-bible-coming-online-from-cambridge-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2009\/06\/09\/gutenberg-bible-coming-online-from-cambridge-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Gutenberg Bible Coming Online From Cambridge University"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Gutenberg Bible from approximately 1455 was the first book printed in Europe with moveable metal type.  The BBC reports<\/a> that Cambridge University is preparing to make a scan of this book<\/a> available online.  Scholars from around the world will soon have access to one of the first printed books in history.  The university will also release the first printed edition of Homer’s works.<\/p>\n

While this is good news, one does have to wonder what’s taken so long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Gutenberg Bible from approximately 1455 was the first book printed in Europe with moveable metal type.  The BBC reports that Cambridge University is preparing to make a scan of this book available online.  Scholars from around the world will soon have access to one of the first printed books in history.  The university will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,209],"tags":[457,458,456],"class_list":["post-1846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-web","tag-bible","tag-cambridge","tag-gutenberg"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t