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Bible--Antiquities

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85013580

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

AFTB 20: Leaf from the Great Bible; First Chronicles, 1540

 Item — Item AFTB 20
Collection number: AFTB20
Scope and Contents Leaf from the Great Bible; First Chronicles. embellished with two engraved letters. Wood cut. Framed. Printed in London. Water damage to upper and lower edges. 15" x 10". Commissioned by King Henry VIII and published by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop 0f Canterbury, the Great Bible was the first legal English bible. Cranmer chose Miles Coverdale to produce the bible. Coverdale based the version on William Tyndale's...
Dates: 1540
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-113, Tatler-Burgess Collection

AFTB 49-3: Bible verses with Bernard Salomon Woodcuts., circa 1550

 Item — Box 3, Item: AFTB 49-3
Collection number: AFTB49-3
Scope and Contents

Two leaves of Bible Verses with wood cut illustrations: 1. Luke 2: Presentation of Jesus in the temple. 2. Matthew 1: Escape to Egypt. Woodcuts: Bernard Salomon. Printer: Jean de Tournes of Lyon. To se all images scroll down to and open Digital Objects.

Dates: circa 1550
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-113, Tatler-Burgess Collection / Box 3: Unframed Prints