According to
Mainz chronicles, Gutenberg and
Johann Fust set up their print shop in the Humbrechthof around 1450, where, among other things, the 42-line
Gutenberg Bible was produced. In 1455, after losing a legal dispute with Fust over the repayment of a loan, Gutenberg returned to his father's house, where he continued his printing business. Around 1470/71,
Peter Schöffer, a calligrapher, the principal workman of Johannes Gutenberg and later Fust's son-in-law, acquired the Hof zum Humbrecht, which was later called the Schöfferhof. From 1489 until his death in 1503, Peter Schöffer was a judge in Mainz. With his wife Christina Fust, Peter Schöffer had four sons, Johann of whom took over his father's Mainz workshop. The building served as a printing house from 1481 and housed Schöffer's workshop at that time. == Present age ==