Engineering & invention · Texts & cultural history
Peter Schöffer
Early printing associate
Also known as Peter Schoeffer
Historical portrait · Image credit
Who they are
Peter Schöffer is named by the Library of Congress among Gutenberg’s printing associates. His presence marks the collaborative craft behind early European printing and the production of the Gutenberg Bible. The inspected catalogue establishes the association, while leaving the precise division of technical labor outside the claims made here.
He appears in the timeline’s printing milestone as a documented associate.
Selected contributions
- Was identified by the Library of Congress as one of Gutenberg’s printing associates.Source ↗
In the timeline
- 1454 – 1455Gutenberg's workshop prints the Latin Bible
Biography sources & portrait credit
- The Gutenberg Bible at the Library of Congress: Related Resources ↗Library of Congress
Portrait credit
Unknown artist. Public domain (Commons file-specific copyright declaration). Via Wikimedia Commons.
Historical portrait. Cropped to 4:5, resized to 320 × 400 and converted to WebP.
Image source & identification ↗ · Public domain (Commons file-specific copyright declaration) ↗
