The ''Gutenberg-Jahrbuch'' is an annual
periodical publication
A periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar example is a newspaper, but a magazine or a journal are also example ...
covering the
history of printing
The history of printing starts as early as 3000 BCE, when the proto-Elamite and Sumerian civilizations used cylinder seals to certify documents written in clay tablets . Other early forms include block seals, hammered coinage, pottery imprints, a ...
and
the book. Its focus is on
incunables, early
printing
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ea ...
, and the life and work of
Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (; – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and Artisan, craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable type, movable-type printing press. Though not the first of its ki ...
, inventor of the modern printed book. It has been published since 1926 by the
Internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, the international association for the study of the history and development of printing technology and written media.
Dr Stephan Füssel was editor from 1994-2022.
Gutenberg Yearbook 2022
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See also
*Gutenberg Museum
The Gutenberg Museum is one of the oldest museums of printing in the world, located opposite the cathedral in the old part of Mainz, Germany. It is named after Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of printing from movable metal type in Western Euro ...
* Gutenberg Prize of the International Gutenberg Society and the City of Mainz
References
*Anton Keim: ''Mehr als zwei Denkmäler: Neunzig Jahre Weltmuseum der Druckkunst und internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft Mainz.'' Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, Mainz 1991,
External links
*
Internationale Gutenberg-Gesellschaft
Gutenberg-Museum
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