Exhibition: Type to Print: The Book & The Type Specimen Book
Item appears in the following exhibition pageType to Print: The Book & The Type Specimen Book: Gutenberg: Textura Item Information Dublin CoreTitleTextura Handwriting and Gutenberg Typeface Examples Composite Image
DescriptionType face examples: Textura (or Gothic) handwriting detail on the left, Gutenberg's Bible detail on the right.
CreatorGutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468
Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502
SourceBiblia Latina, 42 lines. Ruth 1.1-4.22, detail (circa 1454-1455) / Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468 ; Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502
Unknown Text, unknown page detail (probably 11th-16th Century) / unknown creator
DateProbably between 11th Century and 16 Century for the Gothic or Textura sample
circa 1454-1455 for the Gutenberg Bible
LanguageLatin
MODSKey Date1000 1599
1454 1455
Type of Dateinferred
approximate
Form/Genrebooks
Repository NameRare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University
NotesDate for the unknown manuscript was inferred from the broadest usage time-frame of the Gothic or Textura hand.
Language of CatalogingEnglish
Digital Originreformatted digital
CitationGutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468 and Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502 , “Textura Handwriting and Gutenberg Typeface Examples Composite Image,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed March 14, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/type_to_print/item/7597. |