Editio princeps is the first book to tell the whole story of Europe’s first printed edition, describing its creation at Mainz circa 1455, its impact on fifteenth-century life and religion, its fall into oblivion during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and its rediscovery and rise to worldwide fame during the centuries thereafter.

La période qui s’étend de 1500 à 1535 est d’une fécondité extraordinaire dans l’histoire du texte biblique. L’imprimerie permet la multiplication et la diffusion rapide des livres, l’humanisme favorise la connaissance des langues anciennes, particulièrement de l’hébreu et du grec, la Réforme naissante promeut une culture biblique populaire qui passe par des versions vernaculaires, dont Luther donne l’exemple.

This collection of essays, the third in an integrated series of three and focused on the literacies of nuns in medieval Europe, brings together specialists working on diverse geographical areas to create a dialogue about the Latin and vernacular texts nuns read, wrote, and exchanged from the eighth to the mid-sixteenth centuries.