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Leaf from a Bishops' Bible, 1575

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 15

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Sold as Otto F. Ege's Original Leaves from Famous Bibles: Nine Centuries, 1121-1935 A.D. Cleveland: Otto Ege, circa 1950, this collection consists of 37 original Bible leaves in mattes with descriptive labels. Three items are manuscript pages, while an additional 34 are printed. The leaves range in age from circa 1200 to 1935. During the years 1938-1950, Ege published portfolios under this title with 37, 50 and 60 leaves.

For preservation reasons, the leaves have been separated from their mattes, and enclosed in mylar. However, each matte and descriptive label has been retained with its original leaf where possible.

The descriptions consist mostly of transcriptions of the labels written by Ege.

Dates

  • Creation: 1575

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Imprinted at London by Richarde Iugge Printer to the Queenes Maiestie

First small folio edition of the Bishops’ Bible, so called from the fact that eight bishops, under the direction of Archbishop Parker of Canterbury, were among the reviewers. The work of the bishops is of unequal merit, as they all were pioneers and worked independently with little editorial supervision. This version was never very popular, and only nineteen edition seem to have been printed. Some of the marginal notes in the Bishops’ Bible are curious. Opposite Psalm xlv. 9, we find: “Ophir is thought to be the Ilande in the west coast, of late founde by Christopher Columbo, from whence at this day is brought most fine golde.”

(Darlow and Moule 103)

Extent

From the Collection: 5.3 Linear Feet (3 oversize boxes, one portfolio box)

Language

English

Repository Details

Part of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection Repository

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