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How much for a Gutenberg Bible?

  • October 28, 2010
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As you can see, I am trying to note medieval book prices as I come across them after Gneuss’s psalter colophon piqued my interest (and so I thought to give categorize the notes). For the Gutenberg Bible, customers paid around … Continue reading

More Book Prices from the Middle Ages

  • October 7, 2010
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A little later than the note reported by Helmut Gneuss is a notice found in the pastedown of a manuscript in Pembroke College, Cambridge (dated ?1170).* It states:** Pentatuchus. Iob. duodecim prophete. Math. et luc. cum pergameno salterii et epistolorum … Continue reading

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