Each Gutenberg Bible has nearly 1,300 pages and weighs around 60 pounds. ... Three times per year, a curator from the Morgan Library turns the page of the Gutenberg Bible on display.

FILE - A detail of the Old Testament from the Gutenberg Bible on display at the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum, in New York, May 19, 2008. Three times per year ...

FILE - A detail of the Old Testament from the Gutenberg Bible on display at the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum, in New York, May 19, 2008. Three times per year ...

FILE - A detail of the Old Testament from the Gutenberg Bible on display at the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum, in New York, May 19, 2008. Three times per year ...

A detail of the Old Testament from the Gutenberg Bible on display at the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum, in New York, May 19, 2008.

FILE - A detail of the Old Testament from the Gutenberg Bible on display at the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum, in New York, May 19, 2008. Three times per year ...

Among those in the United States, a paper Bible can be seen at the Morgan Library & Museum, in New York City. Two more copies in vellum lie in the underground vaults, next to 120,000 other books.

FILE - A detail of the Old Testament from the Gutenberg Bible on display at the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum, in New York, May 19, 2008. Three times per year ...

FILE - A detail of the Old Testament from the Gutenberg Bible on display at the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum, in New York, May 19, 2008. Three times per year ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just a book. Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg was a man with a plan. The ...

FILE - A detail of the Old Testament from the Gutenberg Bible on display at the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum, in New York, May 19, 2008. Three times per year ...