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Main features of first printed Bible |
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Answer» (i) About 180 copies were printed ar.d it took three years to produce them.(ii) The text was printed in the new Gutenberg press with metal type, but the borders were carefully designed, painted and illuminated by hand by artists.(iii) Every page of each copy was different.(iv) Different colours were used within the letters in various places. Metal letter types imitated the ornamental handwritten styles and also the borders were carefully decorated. No two copies were the same. |
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