The Book of Job. Press print from the Gutenberg Bible

€218.00*

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Product number: 20008185
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Gutenberg Bible I/280, End of first and second Prologue, The Book of Job (1:1–17): “Si autem fiscellam …"

This is not one of the famous passages on Job's string of misfortunes but the more positive description of his life of prosperity, belief and family harmony. Unique in its symmetry and colouring, this is a delight for all lovers of delicate pastel shades.

Production

Our Bible prints are produced at the Gutenberg Museum in their original format on historical machines. Unlike Gutenberg we print the individual pages in three colours, with red and blue display type, headers and beginnings of lines and the outlines of the ornamentation, lending even our uncoloured pages a very decorative appearance.

The Bible page is available as a three-colour press print and in a hand-coloured and a gold leaf version. Applying the fine, raised gilt decoration is a skill which very few artists still master.  Here, 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.

Versions and formats

  • Three-colour press print on deckle-edged paper. Format: 42 x 30 cm
  • Press print illuminated by hand on deckle-edged paper. Format: 42 x 30 cm (also available in a simple airtight and dustproof gold frame. Frame format 48 x 36 cm)
  • Handpress print illuminated by hand with gold leaf on handmade paper with a watermark. Format: ca. 45 x 32 cm (also available in an airtight and dustproof gold frame with the glass raised from the surface of the print to provide optimum protection for the gold leaf.  Frame format: 54 x 43 cm)
  • Ornamental page from the Berlin copy of the Gutenberg Bible

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