Read full article “Clues help date pair of Hebrew Bibles with common thread.”
The title page of a 1525 Hebrew Bible printed by Daniel Bomberg. It is dated ה”רפ on the title page, indicating 1525.
The colophon of a 1525 Hebrew Bible printed by Daniel Bomberg. The colophon is dated ח”רפ, but it is believed that the letter ח was substituted in error for the letter ה, thus changing the date from 1525 to 1528.
A second Hebrew Bible printed by Christopher Plantin of Antwerp in 1566. The matrices for the type used in this Bible came to Plantin from his partner, Cornelis van Bomberghen, whose uncle was Daniel Bomberg.
The New Testament title page from the first edition of the King James Bible (1611).
In the Galleries: Anatomy of the King James Bible title page
While writing Innocents Abroad, Samuel Clemens (known more familiarly as Mark Twain) carried a Bible during a trip to Constantinople in 1867. The book is now part of the Ransom Center’s collections and can be seen in the exhibition The King James Bible: Its History and Influence, which runs through July 29.
The Bible recently underwent some work in the Ransom Center’s conservation lab. Learn about the steps taken to conserve and house this historical book.
Read the full article “Making It New: The Bible and Modernist Book Arts.”
Eric Gill, Four Gospels (1931).
The Song of Song Which Is Solomon’s (1902).
Arthur Syzk, Haggadah (1939).
Paul Nash, Genesis: Twelve Woodcuts (1924).
Jenson Illuminated Bible (1476).
François-Louis Schmied, La Création (1928).
Dove’s Press Bible (1903).
Let My People Go by Marc Chagall, 1966. © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris.
In the Galleries: Marc Chagall’s “Let My People Go”
