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Description: The beginning of the Gutenberg Bible: Volume 1, Old Testament, Epistle of St. Jerome. (The Epistle is not a part of the Bible itself, but an introduction by St. Jerome, the translator of the Bible into Latin Vulgate, which the Gutenberg Bible is written in.) Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Title: Gutenberg bible Old Testament Epistle of St Jerome
Credit: From a scan at the Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/gutenberg/
Author: Johannes Gutenberg
Permission: Notwithstanding the contrary claim by the University of Texas [1], this image is in the public domain, as the original creator (Gutenberg) died more than 100 years ago. Scanning is not a creative act and does not result in a copyright.
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