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A scarce leaf from the second edition of the first Bible printed in octavo format by Johann Froben, founder of a great printer's dynasty and friend of Erasmus. The size of Froben's Bible conforms to that of many 13C portable manuscript Bibles written in Paris. To keep the number of leaves within a single volume, Froben used an unusually small but very clear gothic font in 7-point size. The Bible was known as the "Poor Man's Bible" because it was convenient to carry and easily affordable.
RECTO: Text in Latin printed in two columns in a gothic type on laid paper. Red rulings. One three-line coloured initial 'A' in red with marginal flourishing, added by hand after the printing. Heading "Exodus" marked in red. Capital letters touched in yellow.
VERSO:As Recto with two penned coloured initials in red and blue.
PRINTER:Johann Froben, Basel.
DATE: October 27, 1495.
CONTENT:The text is from the Book of Exodus. The red initial "A' begins Chapter 34:
Ac deinceps praecide ait tibi duas tabulas lapideas instar… Read More

Verso: 18 lines of text in Latin written on vellum in black ink in a Gothic bookhand script. Ruled in red and rubrics in red. Three two-line Lombard style initials alternating in red and blue and one one-line Lombard initial in blue.
Recto: As Verso, with two two-line and five one-line coloured initials.
Source: Flanders.
Date: c.1475
Content: The text is from The Hours of the Cross. The second two-line initial 'H' in blue begins the text: Hora prima ducunt iesus ad pilatum. Falsis testemoniis multum accusatum. In collum percutiunt manibus ligatum Conspuentes faciem ut est prophetatum.
(In the first hour Jesus was led before Pilate. Many accused him with false testimony. They struck him in the neck, bound his hands and spat uoon his face, as was prophesied.)
Condition: The leaf is in excellent condition, with clear text on clean vellum and with brightly coloured initials. Light toning to the outside edge. The leaf is unconditionally guaranteed genuine.
Notes: The Hours of the Cross tell of Christ's… Read More

Recto:18 lines of text in Latin written on vellum in black ink in a Gothic bookhand script. Ruled in red and rubrics in red. One two-line Lombard style initial 'D' in blue and many one-line versal initials alternating in blue and red.
Verso: As Verso, with coloured versal initials.
Source: Flanders.
Date: c.1475
Content: The text is from The Seven Penitential Psalms. The two-line red initial 'D' begins Psalm 101 (KJV 102):
Domine exaudi orationem meam: et clamor meus ad te veniat.
Non avertas faciem tuam a me: in quacumque die tribulor, inclina ad me aurem tuam.
(O Lord hear my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
Turn not away thy face from me: in what day soever I am in tribulation, incline thine ear to me.)
Condition: The leaf is in excellent condition, with clear text on clean vellum and with brightly coloured initials. Light toning to the outside edge. The leaf is unconditionally guaranteed genuine.
Size: Leaf: approx. 90x65 mm.
Notes: The Seven Penitential Psalms or Psalms of… Read More

Recto: Text printed on laid paper in Koine Greek. Paginated 345. The text is not divided into verses, but has verse numbers in the margin. The heading indicates the beginning of Timothy.
Verso: As Recto, with text only.
Printer: Robert Urie, Glasgow.
Date: 1750.
Condition: Apart from light edge browning, the leaf is in excellent condition. It is unconditionally guaranteed genuine.
Notes: The text is a mixed one, based principally on Kuster's first edition (1710) of Mill, and on Stephanus' third edition (1550). It exactly follows an Edinburgh edition of 1740, (D. & M. at no. 4750).
The Greek in the New Testament is the so-called Koine 'common language'. Koine, also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek, Septuagint Greek or New Testament Greek evolved from the spread of Greek following the conquests of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC, and served as the lingua franca of much of the Mediterranean region and the Middle East during the following… Read More