Giant Bible of Mainz

[2] Although the place of production cannot be known with certainty, several pieces of evidence link it to Mainz, including the style of decoration.

The style of the script also suggests an origin somewhere in the Middle or Lower Rhine region, and the Bible is known to have been owned by Mainz Cathedral from at least 1566.

[3] The text block is secured by nine cords with head and tail bands of red, white, and green silk.

[5] In 1631 the library was seized as a prize of war by Gustavus Adolphus II of Sweden, who gave the Bible to one of his officers, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar.

[7] Gutenberg's typeface is in the same textura style, but it does not seem that the hand of the Giant Bible's scribe was the model for it.

Several animals, humans, and flowers featured in the decorated borders added to some pages closely resemble figures in the Princeton University copy of the Gutenberg Bible and also in the work of the Master of the Playing Cards.

There has been speculation that the Master of the Playing Cards worked on the Giant Bible, and may also have been an associate of Gutenberg, though there is no hard evidence.