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The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament and the Newe : authorized and appoynted to be read in churches
Uniform Title
Bible. English. Bishops'. 1602.
Title
The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament and the Newe : authorized and appoynted to be read in churches.
Published
London : Robert Barker, printer, 1602.
Physical Description
[18], 496 leaves : ill. ; 41 cm.
Local Notes
CtY-D copy lacks one preliminary leaf (July/August of calendar); the corners containing foliation are torn from the final two leaves; and many leaves at the beginning and the end have been damaged and repaired.
Notes
"The last edition of the Bishops' Bible ... presumably used by King James' translators as the basis of their new version"--Herbert, A.S. Engl. Bible, 271.
The Bishops' Bible was "a revision of the Great Bible version, undertaken by Matthew Parker (1504-1575), Archbishop of Canterbury, with the assistance of many bishops and well-known Biblical scholars"--Herbert, A.S. Engl. Bible, 125.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Herbert, A.S. Historical catalogue of printed editions of the English Bible, 1525-1961, 271.
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