tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post8093001591856234697..comments2023-11-08T19:39:01.829-08:00Comments on The Teacher's View: GutenbergPaul L. Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16571449117336295156noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-20841374864194644082009-12-27T20:51:41.440-08:002009-12-27T20:51:41.440-08:00It would not be the first or last time the Catholi...It would not be the first or last time the Catholic Church tried to stifle scientific, philosophical, or even common sense thinking, would it? Galileo is still turning over in his grave...Paul L. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16571449117336295156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-84545910544340429792009-12-27T17:12:37.501-08:002009-12-27T17:12:37.501-08:00" the Catholic Church did have a problem with..." the Catholic Church did have a problem with the printed word. The press made those poor monks slaving their lives away making script copies obsolete."<br /><br />Not to mention the intellectual uprisings resulting from widespread distribution of the Gospel, with some editions shockingly produced in the vernacular, so that the rabble could read it for themselves! If the Church could have strangled Gutenberg in the cradle...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-37518701792850538482009-12-26T17:25:09.902-08:002009-12-26T17:25:09.902-08:00Those days were kind of the "wild west" ...Those days were kind of the "wild west" of copyrights and patents. Gutenberg copied his Bible from the handwritten copies that were prevalent at the time. There is much controversy surrounding who actually printed the Bible first. As with other emerging technology, documentation is difficult from the time period. And yes, the Catholic Church did have a problem with the printed word. The press made those poor monks slaving their lives away making script copies obsolete.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment.Paul L. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16571449117336295156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-15672272573728537572009-12-24T19:05:30.031-08:002009-12-24T19:05:30.031-08:00How did Guttenberg get ahold of the bible he coppi...How did Guttenberg get ahold of the bible he coppied from ?<br />Was it legally obtained ? <br />That it was a stolen manuscript from the Church/Vatican.<br />Is there any truth to the tale of the Catholic Church trying to 'Hunt Down" the blasphemers that were translating and printing this book ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-71671632254851312782009-10-10T18:45:50.030-07:002009-10-10T18:45:50.030-07:00Oh, would I love to get a hold of a hand-copied Ca...Oh, would I love to get a hold of a hand-copied Canterbury Tales! Actually, with all the doom and gloom predicted for the printed word, there might come a day fairly soon when all books will be collector's items. There is no substitute for a book in one's hand. End of story.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment,<br />PaulPaul L. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16571449117336295156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-29883848517359323202009-10-10T15:48:11.404-07:002009-10-10T15:48:11.404-07:00Yes, no replacing books for some of us! (I hope th...Yes, no replacing books for some of us! (I hope that there are some new young replacements for <b> us</b> coming along though!)<br /><br />I love those small pocket-sized hardbacks that the British, especially, used to print, such as the Oxford World's Classics Series. Grab one and take it in your coat pocket. I was dipping into the Canterbury Tales that way this week, and for the first time wondered who--in those pre-Gutenberg days--his audience was. Did people listen to someone read these fairly long rhyming tales? Wikipedia informs me that 83 copies of this work exist in manuscript, hand-copied, and that his audience included both the nobility and the new middle class. So evidently hand-copying did get a lot of copies into people's hands; think of the work involved! For some reason I always envisioned the monks & copyists toiling slowly away at devotional texts, not anything current that people were actually waiting eagerly to read!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-80152108965203441572009-10-04T19:59:54.581-07:002009-10-04T19:59:54.581-07:00Yes, William, I have now outed you. Dust off the ...Yes, William, I have now outed you. Dust off the tights and cape, and prepare to keep the world safe for democracy.<br /><br />Beware evildoers, wherever you are!!<br /><br />Thanks,<br />PaulPaul L. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16571449117336295156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-40988331848480121872009-10-04T15:45:17.249-07:002009-10-04T15:45:17.249-07:00And here I was, reading along innocently enough, t...And here I was, reading along innocently enough, taking delight in the subject of this entry and in your writing about it, and then pleased to see the names of others who have found you and come to appreciate your fine blog, as I do, and then — well, I thought the hyperbole was supposed to come <i>after</i> I’m dead! Even funnier is that I’m in the midst of planning several new <i>print</i> titles. Just bought a new axe, in fact....<br /><br />Paul, thanks for all the work you do — here, and in the classroom.William Michaelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05945815778010124287noreply@blogger.com