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[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Coverdale Bible” title=”Coverdale Bible” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_01h.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Coverdale Bible
\nMiles Coverdale, 1488-1569
\n1535
\nFirst edition
\nAntwerp, Belgium
\nFirst published complete English Bible
\nPrinted on paper and richly decorated in woodcut prints<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=” Robert Estienne’s Greek New Testament” title=” Robert Estienne’s Greek New Testament” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_04h-1.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Estienne’s Greek New Testament
\nRobert Estienne (Stephanus), 1503-1569
\n1550
\nThird edition
\nParis, France<\/p>\n
This specific edition, known as the Editio Regia (Regal Edition), is popularly regarded as the Textus Receptus and is the edition to which Estienne first added the modern verse divisions. Though Estienne closely followed much of the wording in Erasmus’ later editions, this 1550 edition was soon regarded as the monument of Greek editions. <\/p>\n
The 1550 Estienne edition displayed is still in its original binding and was once part of the Cardiff Castle Library in South Wales.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=” Bishops’ Bible” title=” Bishops’ Bible” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_07h.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Bishops’ Bible
\n1568
\nFirst edition
\nLondon, England<\/p>\n
Set forth by Matthew Parker (1504-1575), the Archbishop of Canterbury under Elizabeth I, the Bishops\u2019 Bible is a large folio that was intended to replace all the former English Bibles. It looks magnificent standing an inch taller than the Great Bible with large black letter type, 124 distinct woodcuts, four maps (three came directly from the Geneva Bible), a six page preface of the whole Bible, and a one page Preface to the New Testament. The paper used for the New Testament was actually a thicker paper because the printers expected it to be read more than the Old Testament.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”King James %22He%22 Bible” title=”King James %22He%22 Bible” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_10.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
King James “He” Bible
\n1611
\nFirst edition
\nLondon, England<\/p>\n
Robert Barker, “The Printer to the King\u2019s most excellent Majesty,” as the title page proclaims, printed the 1611 King James Bible. It is commonly recognized that from 1611 to 1614 there are two distinct series of edition in various sizes, which differ throughout in many minor points of typography, and are generally distinguished by the names ‘He’ Bibles and ‘She’ Bibles, from their respective readings of Ruth 3:15, “…he went into the city,” and, “\u2026she went into the city.” The explanation for the difference is that the Bibles were printed in two separate offices, in order to facilitate rapid production. Biographers generally agree that the folio ‘He’ Bible of 1611 is the first impression of this version, though ‘She’ later became the accepted wording.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Matthew’s Bible” title=”Matthew’s Bible” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_02h.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Matthew’s Bible
\nJohn Rogers, 1500-1555
\n1537
\nFirst edition
\nAntwerp, Belgium
\nPrinted on paper and richly decorated with woodcut prints<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=” Geneva New Testament” title=” Geneva New Testament” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_05h.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Geneva New Testament
\n1557
\nLimited edition
\nGeneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n
Attributed to William Whittingham (c.1524-1579), A. S. Herbert writes, “The text is based upon Tyndale\u2019s, compared with the Great Bible, and largely influenced by Beza\u2019s Latin translation.” This octavo New Testament is unique in that it is printed in Roman type and is the first English New Testament to have verse divisions, which are those Robert Estienne developed. In addition, words that were not in the Greek were printed in italics.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=” Cassiodoro de Reyna Bible” title=” Cassiodoro de Reyna Bible” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_08.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
“Bear” Bible
\nCassiodoro de Reyna, 1520-1594
\n1569
\nFirst edition
\nBasle, Switzerland<\/p>\n
This is the first Spanish Bible translated from the original languages. It is printed on paper with decorative woodcut prints.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”King James Bible %22Wicked Bible%22″ title=”King James Bible %22Wicked Bible%22″ url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_12.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
King James Bible “Wicked Bible”
\n1631
\nLondon, England<\/p>\n
The Wicked Bible contains an error in Exodus 20:14, where the Seventh Commandment reads, “Thou shalt commit adultery.” The printers are said to have been fined \u00a3300 for the offence, a huge amount at that time. Many believe, as P.M. Handover wrote in the Times (London) House Journal, that the error was deliberate on the part of a partisan of Norton to discredit the Barkers. There were one thousand Bibles in this edition, but the King ordered them suppressed, making the “Wicked Bible” very rare. This was the last edition printed by Robert Barker.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Sauer Bible Leaf” title=”Sauer Bible Leaf” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_15.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Sauer Bible Leaf
\nChristopher Sauer, 1695-1758
\n1743
\nGermantown, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
The most famous and ambitious product to come off Christopher Sauer\u2019s press was a complete German Bible issued in the year 1743 in a large quarto edition. It was the first European language Bible published in America.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Great Bible” title=”Great Bible” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_03h.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Great Bible
\nAlso known as the English Pulpit Bible
\n1539
\nFirst edition
\nLondon, England<\/p>\n
A collaboration of Biblical scholars including Miles Coverdale, who led an English team in revision of the Matthew’s Bible. Printed on paper and richly decorated with woodcut prints.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=” Geneva Bible” title=” Geneva Bible” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_06h-1.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Geneva Bible
\n1560
\nFirst edition
\nGeneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n
The Geneva Bible was printed on paper with woodcut illustrations and dedicated to Queen Mary’s half sister and successor to the English throne, Elizabeth I (1533-1603). It is often called the Pilgrim’s Bible, first arriving in America in 1607, to be followed by the Pilgrim’s themselves in 1620.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=” Rheims New Testament” title=” Rheims New Testament” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_09h.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Rheims New Testament
\n1582
\nFirst edition
\nRheims, France<\/p>\n
This Bible was translated from the Latin Vulgate Bible in the English vernacular for the Roman Church by Gregory Martin (1540-1582), an English Catholic scholar fleeing persecution from the Church of England, under the rule of Elizabeth I.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=” Eliot Indian Bible Leaf” title=” Eliot Indian Bible Leaf” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_13.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Eliot Indian Bible Leaf
\n1663
\nCambridge, Massachusetts<\/p>\n
John Eliot, a religious leader in the New England Colonies, became so involved with the Indians that he worked for eight years to translate the Bible from English into Algonquin, a Native American Language. In 1663, the complete Eliot Indian Bible was printed. The Title page reads, “The Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New \/ translated into the Algonquin Indian language and ordered to be printed by the commissioners of the United Colonies in New-England. Cambridge [Mass]: Printed by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, 1663.”<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb admin_label=” Bay Psalm Book” title=” Bay Psalm Book” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ image=”https:\/\/inkandblood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ewc_14h.jpg” icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Bay Psalm Book
\n1648
\nSecond edition
\nCambridge, Massachusetts<\/p>\n
The first edition of the Bay Psalm Book (a book of Psalms written to meter and rhyme) was printed in 1640. Two years prior the first printing press arrived in the colonies from London. It was the first book ever printed on American soil, twenty years after the Pilgrims landed on the Mayflower. Today there are eleven known surviving copies of the 1640 Bay Psalm Book. <\/p>\n
Extremely rare, this second edition is one of only seven known copies\u2014one of only three totally complete copies and the sole copy in private hands. Unlike the first edition, this second edition was bound together with a King James Bible that was shipped in from London because printing an English Bible in the early colonies was a violation of the king\u2019s copyright laws.<\/p>\n
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