Invention: the printing press
- Each metal block contained one character: letters, numbers, and punctuation.
- The printing press was based in a Chinese method
- the bible was printed only priests could have it, but when the bible was printed a great disagreement happened, people understood it differently they started to create new types of Christian religion
- it took more than 2 years to print Shakespeare’s first folio.
- The printing press played a key role on the renaissance, reformation
Inventor: Johannes Gutenberg
- Gutenberg printed the first book by moveable type printing press,known as the Gutenberg Bible, or the 42-Line Bible
- Gutenberg also created an oil-based ink, which was more effective than the water based inks other printers in the era used
- Gutenberg was in debt and unable to pay back his loan to Johan Fust. Fust sued and won the suit and took over Gutenberg’s printing business
- Gutenberg borrowed 800 guilders from a local financier, Johan Fust, to purchase specific tools and equipment
- Gutenberg actually created the printing press in an attempt to offset losses from a failed attempt selling metal mirrors
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