Leader of Ukraine's Opposition Platform - For Life political party Viktor Medvedchuk, who has the largest private library in Ukraine, shows a fragment of the Gutenberg Bible, the earliest book in Europe printed from moveable metal type, during an interview with Reuters in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine June 12, 2020. Picture taken June 12, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
KYIV (Reuters) - A wealthy Ukrainian politician has made public a manuscript in his private collection that he says is a fragment of the Gutenberg Bible, the world's first substantial printed book, although researchers said it would need to be authenticated.
The Gutenberg Bible was produced using the moveable type printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany in the 15th century. Only a few dozen volumes still exist and researchers struggle to collect information about scattered fragments.
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