Accession number:
PML 5479
Uniform title:
Bible. Gospels. Anglo-Saxon. 1571.
Published:
London : Printed by John Daye, 1571.
Description:
12 unnumbered, 408 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Anglo-Saxon text, with English (Bishop's) version in the margin, printed under the direction of Matthew Parker, Archbishop with a dedication to Queen Elizabeth, by Iohn Foxe.
The Saxon Caracters or letters, that be most straunge ...--T.p. verso.
"AT LONDON. Printed by John Daye Dwelling ouer Aldersgate. 1571. These Bookes are to be solde at his shop under the gate."--Colophon.
Title within ornamental border.
Binding:
Full calf with crest of William Stuart in gold on cover, gold stamping on spine; in black morocco case.
Variant Title:
Gospels of the four evangelists
Inscriptions/Markings:
Inscription on t.p.: Ex dono Reverndiss. in Chr[ist]o p[at]ris Matthaei Cantuariensis Archiep[iscop]i 1571."
Provenance:
Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, gift inscription; John Foxe (1516-1587); William Stuart (1798-1874).
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