Gutenberg, Johannes, c.1397 - 1468, German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher and. inventor of mechanical movable type printing. Initial "T" (Titum), Introduction to Titus, and Initiale "P" (Paulus), Titus, chapter 1. Type printing and illumination. From; 42-lined Latin bible ("Gutenberg Bible") in Missal script, two columned; finished c.1455 in Mainz. Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz.