In terms of origin and history, incunabula resemble Western manuscripts since the 15th century. With about 9,742 volumes belonging to 20,000 printed editions, these holdings are not only Germany's largest collection, but the number of volumes puts the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in a leading position of all libraries on an international scale. The majority of the editions were produced by German and Italian print shops. Vernacular German literature makes up almost a tenth of the collection. Among the most famous works are the Gutenberg Bible with the "Tabula rubricarum", of which only two specimens have been preserved, the 36-line bible, the "Tuerkenkalender" – which survives in only one copy, like the Munich Passion of Christ (Stoeger Passion) -, the Psalterium Benedictinum of 1459 as well as Hartmann Schedel's personal copy of his illustrated Nuremberg chronicle, complemented by additional matter such as e. g. Etzlaub's map of the route from Nuremberg to Rome.