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Mainz Psalter

second major book printed with movable type in the West
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Summary

Mainz Psalter is an incunable[1]. It draws 412 Wikipedia views per month (incunable category, ranking #2 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: psalter[3]
  • Commissioned by: Electorate of Mainz[4]
  • Publisher: Johann Fust[5], Peter Schöffer[6]
  • Named after: Mainz[7]
  • Commons category: Mainz Psalter[8]
  • Catalog code: M36179[9]
  • Publication date: 1457[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mainz Psalter[11]
  • Commons gallery: Mainz Psalter[12]
  • Copyright status: public domain[13]
  • P14820: M36179[14]

Why It Matters

Mainz Psalter has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de. gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'pl', 'ru', 'uk']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||da, ro, ru, uk, it */ Add the Danish label da:Trykpresse uses and a Romanian translation, and descriptions after en:Mainz Psalter"
  2. 8w ago · WatkynBassett · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → incunable, psalter
    Named after → —
    Instance of → —
    Copyright status → public domain, public domain
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14820: M36179"
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