Stephen Fry and The Machine That Made Us

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Running Time: 60 minutes (approx)

Stephen Fry examines the story behind the first media entrepreneur, printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg, to find out why he did it and how, a story which involves both historical enquiry and hands-on craft and technology. Fry travels across Europe to find out how Gutenberg kept his development work secret, about the role of avaricious investors and unscrupulous competitors and why Gutenberg's approach started a cultural revolution. He then sets about building a copy of Gutenberg's press.

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  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites April 15th, 2008 - 10:40amIsabel Turner said...

    Dear Stephen,

    I am a retired Portuguese lawyer married to a British Architect and book binder, paper conservation expert and gold lettering finish hand lettering on veleum and leather. During his course my husband wrote an essay on Guttenberg Press, therefor we were spell bound watching your programme last night. Thank you.

    As a wordsmith by desire I came accross the earliest printed book in Portugal, which is The Pentateuco printed in Hebrew characters in Faro, Algarve, Portugal in June 1487.

    If this work would be of any interest to you I would be pleased to make it available to.

    Shalom Isabel Turner

  • Use www.gravatar.com to create an Avatar for your e-mail address and use it on many supported sites April 15th, 2008 - 10:29amIsabel Turner said...

    Dear Stephen Fry,

    It was an enormous pleasure to see on BB$ your excellen description of the Guttenberg Press.

    My husband a retired architect and an excellent book binder has had success with his researche on the same matter during an advance book making, parchment and vellum making and letter setting in gold, from hand carved metal free letters.

    But I came from Lisbon and as a retired Portuguese lawyer I am a wordsmith by desire and I am pleased to inform you that the earliest book printed in Portugal is Pentateuco in Hebrew characters, printed in Faro in June 1487.

    I have a fax smile copy of this remarkable work which I would be pround to make available to you.

    Best regards Isabel Turner

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