The Printing Press Madnick/Global History
The Basics Geographic Location: Western Europe Time period: 1450 Printing Press--a machine for printing books Invented by Johannes Gutenberg Germany, 1450
The Basics Geographic Location: Time Period:
Did books exist before 1450? In the Middle Ages- handwritten by monks and other clergy took a long time; very expensive pages made of parchment or vellum sheep skincalf skin Gothic Script-handwritten font ; hard to read OF COURSE !
Did books exist before 1450? In the Middle Ages-
Parchment Vellum
Did books exist before 1450? In China--first book printed in 868 They had: Paper Ink Block printing-words carved on to wooden blocks Moveable type- individual letters on baked clay blocks
Did books exist before 1450? In China--first book printed was in 868
The Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg was no genius!! he knew printing technologies already existed he combined, or synthesized, these technologies & added his own ideas Result: printing press!
The Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg was no genius!!
The Printing Press Paper from China -replaced parchment and vellum Metal Moveable Type Wine press screw -pressed paper against moveable type Scientists writing about discoveries Higher Literacy- Europeans wanted to read! Carolingian script –new font that was easier to read
The Printing Press
Carolingian ScriptGothic Script
Moveable Type
Wine Press Screw
Moveable type Paper Wine Press Screw Carolingian Script
The Printing Press first book ever printed on a printing press using moveable metal type: The Gutenberg Bible c.1450
The Printing Press
Effect of Gutenberg’s Printing Press Books were cheaper to make Books were smaller, easier to carry Common people could afford them Literacy increased in Europe New ideas (science) spread quickly Spelling, grammar, punctuation got organized All books were organized the same way: Title, table of contents, page numbers, index
Effect of Gutenberg’s Printing Press