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Yale: World's Oldest Printed Objects Join Gutenberg Bible in Beinecke Display
January 25, 2023
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 25 (TNSbook) -- Yale University issued the following news on Jan. 24, 2023:

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A 1,250-year-old print of Buddhist prayers - the earliest known printed text - will join Yale's Gutenberg Bible on regular display at the Beinecke Library.

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Yale's copy of the Gutenberg Bible, on view since 1963 in a bronze case on the mezzanine of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, is a landmark in the his . . .

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