New York Times on the Octavo Edition Gutenberg Bible
November 13th, 2003
“In the Spirit of Gutenberg, Treasures for All”, an article in today’s New York Times technology section takes a look at the making of Octavo’s CD-ROM set of the LC (library of Congress) copy of the Gutenberg Bible. The opening line irritates me for so many reasons, but otherwise, I think it is an article worth reading.At the Octavo website, you can read about the 2 CD edition mentioned in the above article. There is also a (very expensive) 22 CD research facsimile edition with high resolution image files. Although it is a commercial site, it is worth browsing, if only to see how much digital imaging has advanced.
I know that other bloggers have written about this recently, but I am too time-pressed and lazy to search for links right now. Please feel free to add relevant links in the comments section.
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