Harry Ransom CenterThe University of Texas at Austin

In June 2002, the Ransom Center and IImage Retrieval Inc. of Carrollton, Texas collaborated on the digitization of the Center's Gutenberg Bible using the i2s Digibook 6000 overhead scanner. The project took less than a week to complete and resulted in nearly 1,300 digital images. For the first time, it is possible for the general public to view all of the pages from the University of Texas copy, including all of the large illuminated letters in volume I and the copious handwritten annotations, as well as other indications of the book's use in religious services. The release of the web images coincides with the installation of the Gutenberg Bible in a new exhibition case, part of the recently remodeled main lobby of the Ransom Center.

Further reproduction of any of the Gutenberg Bible images without the written consent of the Ransom Center is prohibited. Inquiries regarding the availability of higher-resolution digital images for research or publication should be directed to the Center's staff.

Digital Gutenberg Project Team

Phillipe Bayle (i2s), Eric Beggs (HRC), Derek Jenkins (IIRI), Rich Oram (HRC), Olivia Primanis (HRC), Pete Smith (HRC), David Sturgeon (IIRI), Steve Wilson (HRC), Daniel Zmud (HRC)