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The Byble in Englysh : that is to saye the content of all the holy scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament / with a prologe thereinto, made by ... Thomas archebyshop of Cantorbury: this is the Byble appoynted to the use of ye churches.

Accession number
PML 916
Published
[London] : Edward Whitechurch, the xxviii daye of Maye, 1541 [28 May 1541].
Credit line
Purchased with the Roberts collection, 1899.
Notes
"Finished the xxviii daye of Maye, 1541."
Each part has special t.p., in red and black, within woodcut border ,the one for the N.T. being the same as for the general t.p.
Five parts. Each part ("The seconde parte of the Byble contaynynge these bookes", "The thyrde parte of the Byble contaynynge these bookes", "The volume of the bokes called hagiographa", and "The newe Testament in englyshe translated after the Greke co[n]taynynge these bookes" has a divisional title page and separate foliation.
The fifth Great Bible (a revision by Coverdale of Matthew's Bible, under Cromwell's patronage) and the fourth with Cranmer's prologue.
Title and "Kalender" in red and black.
General title and title to pt. 4 (Apocrypha) within woodcut border by Master of François de Rohan showing Henry VIII, Cranmer, and Cromwell distributing Bibles. Title page woodcut often misattributed to Hans Holbein.
Description
1 volume : illustrations
Provenance
Robert Roberts of Boston, Lincs., entire Bible collection purchased by Pierpont Morgan via Sotheran, June 1899.
Binding
Brown morocco.
Classification
Department