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The Gospels of the fower euangelistes / translated in the olde Saxons tyme out of Latin into the vulgare toung of the Saxons ; newly collected out of Auncient monumentes of the sayd Saxons, and now published for testimonie of the same.

Accession number
PML 5479
Published
London : Printed by John Daye, 1571.
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.
Description
12 unnumbered, 408 pages ; 20 cm
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).
Binding
Full calf with crest of William Stuart in gold on cover, gold stamping on spine; in black morocco case.
Classification
Department