Gutenberg, Johannes, c.1397 - 1468, German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher and. inventor of mechanical movable type printing. Initial "H", Exodus, 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.