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## author     : lossau@MAIL.SUB.UNI-GOETTINGEN.DE
## date       : 17.04.00
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++++++Gutenberg goes digital, http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/+++++++
++++++Pre-version now available++++++++

The Goettingen State and University Library announces a pre-version of
its digitized Gutenberg Bible. The 1282 pages of the Bible at
Goettingen, one of four complete, illuminated copies on vellum, have
been scanned with a high-end professional digital camera back, Picture
Gate 8000 (up to 8000x9700 pixels resolution), getting file sizes for
the 36 bit preservation master TIFFs of about 380 MB (ill. pages)
resp. 180 MB (text pages). The exposure time for this extraordinary
quality was only about 90 to 120 seconds/page.

A special working place with a moveable cradle and adjustable vacuum
to hold pages flat had been designed by an engineer and restorer (M.
Mayer) of the Graz University Library. We used so called "cool
light"-area lights (5000 Kelvin, flicker-free), important again from
the preservation point of view.

"Gutenberg digital" will be available in May on CD-ROM (2 Discs),
published by K G Saur ((Munich) and in June via the WWW on the Web
Server of the Goettingen State and University Library
(http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/). The presentation includes the
complete Bible, the Goettingen Model Book, a contemporary work which
provided the patterns for the decoration of the Goettingen Bible and
the Helmasperger`s Notary Instrument, the only contemporary source of
information dealing with Gutenberg's invention. German and English
translations of these works are available. Added value for text access
is given by a selection of well known bible verses in different
languages. The whole presentation is in German and English language.

A pre-version of "Gutenberg digital" is now available at
http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/. International visitors of the Web
Site are provided with a description of the project in English.

Comments are appreciated.

Norbert Lossau, Martin Liebetruth
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Dr. Norbert Lossau
State- und University Library Goettingen
Head of the Center for Digitization (GDZ)
Subject librarian for Finno-ugrian Studies
Platz der Goettinger Sieben 1
37073 Goettingen, Germany
Tel.: +49 +551/39-5217  Fax. +49 +551/39-5222
WWW: http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/GDZ
http://www.gutenbergdigital.de
E-Mail: lossau@mail.sub.uni-goettingen.de



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