GUTENBERG GENZFLJAJSH JOHANN. LITIGATION

in the Late autumn of 1455 Fust has begun litigation against Gutenberg, having demanded return not only the capital investments, but also percent. This suit he has won, and though a judgement to us not cunningly, most likely, Johann Gutenberg was is compelled to give to the former partner both the press, and all set of the 42-lower case Bible prepared for printing. These can explain that fact that the Bible often named also the Bible of Gutenberg, actually has been let out by Johann Fustom together with Peterom Shefferom from galleys which were prepared by Gutenberg.

Unfortunately, this book has no target data and consequently it is not known, when it has been let out. The most ancient printing book on which date and names of printers are specified, Psaltyr published in Mainz by Peterom Shefferom and Johann Fustom the Name of the valid inventor of publishing of Johann Gutenberg here is on August, 14th, 1457 magnificent krupnoformatnaja is not mentioned. Peter Sheffer - one of the first and, Gutenberg's possibly, favourite pupils, become subsequently one of the largest printers of XV century, - at difficult o'clock has betrayed the teacher.

There are various, more often versions excluding each other concerning Johann Gutenberg's destiny after process of 1455 According to one researchers, the printer has appeared completely is ruined and already for the rest of the natural printed nothing. Supporters of the traditional version about Johann Gutenberg's moral and financial crash as the proof of the correctness result that fact that on one of pervopechatnyh editions are not present a name of the inventor. Other researchers believe that the inventor, having lost the right to circulation of the 42-lower case Bible, and also to the enterprise arranged together with Johann Fustom, has managed to keep thus rather small own workshop where continued to work.

It has kept the first font which in 1456-1459 printed textbooks and calendars, and approximately in 1459-1461 with new casting of this font has printed the 36-lower case Bible. Typographical and Gutenberg's publishing during this period, probably, was not such active, as earlier. Probably, the age affected it, for those times quite solid: to the master was already for sixty. The foreman of guild Konrad Gumeri was one of the few who has helped grown old knigopechatniku during this heavy time for it. It not only has given to Gutenberg spiritual support, but also has given it the necessary tool for work, and also has done the utmost, that knigopechatnik could achieve an interdiction for use at his life of the font invented by it other printers.