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Description: | This edition contains an imprint on the last page, stating that the Bible was published by Christopher Barker, 'Printer to the Queenes most Excellent Majestie' [sic], in 1599. The name 'Daniell Yeoman of Whitby' is handwritten above. This is probably a false imprint, crediting the work to an authorised printer at an earlier date, and suggests that this Bible was illegal or controversial since Geneva Bibles were less controversial during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603). This version of the Bible had been translated by Protestants fleeing Catholic persecution during the reign of Queen Mary I (1553 - 1558). It uses marginal notes, numbered verses and an 'argument' at the start of the book and chapter. King James and the political and religious authorities of the Seventeenth century were suspicious of these marginal annotations. They thought that the notes encouraged sedition, but the Geneva Bible was very popular and was often described as the 'Bible of the people'. This popularity meant that The King James Authorised Version, first published in 1611, took a long time to become established. The Bible has an elaborately detailed engraved page, described by Herbert in his revision of Darlow and Moule's Catalogue of English Bible: 'The woodcut border to the first general title is a frame having twenty-four small compartments, showing on the left - the tents of the twelve tribes; on the right - figures of the twelve Apostles; the inner part exhibits the four Evangelists, with the symbols of the dove and the Agnus Dei, and a lamp, and two open books inscribed Verbum Dej Manet in Aeternum; the letterpress of the title is enclosed within a heart-shaped frame in the centre; at the base of the cut is a line of music. The same border is used for the NT [New Testament] title'. (Source: University of Glasgow http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/june2006.html)
1633 Geneva Bible imprinted at Amsterdam for Thomas Crafoorth, bound with a 'table' of 1599. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Christianity Printing industry | Temporal: | 1633 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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