The Book of Job
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4255684410027
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Gutenberg Bible I/280, The Book of Job (1,1–17): »Vir erat in terra us«
This page from the Gutenberg Bible describes Job's life of prosperity, faith and family harmony. The illumination emulates that of the Berlin State Library copy of the Gutenberg Bible.
Our variants
- Standard
Ribbed deckle-edge paper, format 42 x 30 cm
Three-colour press prints produced on historical Gutenberg Museum machines (Original Heidelberg Cylinder) in three different print runs on mechanically-produced, hand-torn, ribbed deckle-edge paper. The outlines of ornamentation are also printed.
- Hand-coloured
Ribbed deckle-edge paper, format 42 x 30 cm, frame format 48 x 36 cm
The standard pages (see above) are coloured by hand by our artists using tempera and gold inks.
- Hand-gilded
Format ca. 45 x 32 cm, frame format 54 x 43 cm
These high-quality prints are produced as a handpress print in three colours on the Korrex Hannover on handmade paper bearing the Gutenberg Museum watermark. Finely embossed gold embellishments are added to the tempera ink colouring using a skill very few artists still master. A base material is applied to the paper layer by layer in an elaborate and time-consuming process to form a platform for the 22-carat gold leaf. This raises the ornaments from the surface of the paper to perfectly display the elegant shimmer of real gold. - Deluxe (Berlin Bible)
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The Book of Job. Berlin Gutenberg Bible
€1,990.00*
Storage:
Burgundy presentation folder
Gutenberg Bible I/280, The Book of Job (1,1-7):
»Vir erat in terra us...«
This page of the Gutenberg Bible describes Job's life of prosperity, faith and family harmony. The illumination emulates that of the Berlin State Library copy of the Gutenberg Bible. The ornaments in the centre of the columns culminate in wonderfully ornate tendrils at the bottom of the text. The blue miniature in the initial depicts Job in his misery, with three dogs licking his wounds.The manufacture of our deluxe page
Our deluxe pages from the Gutenberg Bible are exact
reproductions of the historical originals. It takes days or weeks to produce
them, depending on the richness of the ornamentation, and demands great
concentration by the artist – just like in the 15th century.
The paper for our deluxe pages is handmade with a watermark
and is printed on historical machines owned by the Gutenberg Museum (Korrex
Hannover). As at Gutenberg's workshop, only the text in black is printed, with
everything else added by hand. The beginnings of sentences are accentuated in
red with a quill or brush as upstrokes, with headings also written in by hand
(rubrication). The initials and miniatures are sketched into the empty spaces
left by Gutenberg for this purpose and in the margins. The base substance for
the gold leaf is then applied and the gold laid on top of this. The pages are
illuminated in many layers of ink with fine heightening and shading. Finally,
the last line ornaments are added and the gold polished.
Bible original format: ca. 45 x 33 cm
Storage
Our deluxe Bible prints are supplied in a handmade
presentation folder (51 x 39 cm) that perfectly protects the gold leaf. An
informative brochure in English and German on the Gutenberg Bible and its
manufacture is also included.
Our deluxe pages are also available in a dustproof and
airtight frame (57,5-44 cm), which protects the precious gilding with a spacer
strip between the glass and the passe-partout.Please note: Framing extends the delivery time by one to two
weeks.
Maria Sibylla Merian: Floral wreath. Press print
€199.00*
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Hand-coloured
This wonderful title copper engraving adorns one of the major reference works on plants from the 17th century, created by Maria Sibylla Merian, one of the unique female illustrators in book history (1647–1717). Revel in the beauty of her spring flowers. Our reprint is printed as an individual single proof on the finest handmade linen paper. The artistic watercolour illumination has been added by hand.
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Letter of indulgence for typing errors. Letterpress print
€10.00*
Typing errors happen – yet with this letter of indulgence, issued at the Gutenberg Museum in the name of Johannes Gutenberg himself, you now have the chance to redeem at least this minor sin! It gives you seven years, seven months and seven days of atonement – a real bargai.
The print is letterpress printed on handmade paper at the Gutenberg Museum. Format: ca. 29 x 42 cm. German edition.