Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection

Title

Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection

Description

Showcase of some of the hundreds of Bibles from the collection of Elizabeth Prothro Perkins (1919-2009).

Creator

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Publisher

SMU Libraries

Date

Originally exhibited September 8–December 11, 2009

Collection Items

Prothro B-01
Example of "Paris Vulgate" tradition, single-volume with books in canonical sequence. Includes illuminated, historiated initials throughout.

Prothro B-281
First widely circulated English version of the Bible from the followers of John Wycliffe (c. 1330–1384). Initials throughout are illuminated.

Prothro B-212
The Missal contains all of the prayers, hymns, and biblical passages read by the priest during the celebration of the Latin Mass throughout the year. There is musical notation in black ink on red four-line staves and illumination throughout.

Prothro B-51
Single vellum leaf from a Gutenberg Bible that was disassembled for binding material. Text is part of Genesis 46-48.

Prothro B-174
Early printed novel using the more legible Roman type instead of Gothic. Likely used for reading at a lectern, this is a large Royal folio with hand decoration of initials.

Prothro B-116
This edition of the Bible included guides to help users read and interpret the Bible better. Additionally, the initials were printed with woodblocks so hand rubrication was not needed.

Prothro B-125
Koberger's fourth edition of the Latin Bible. Includes a table of contents, Menardus' Generalis et compendiosa librorum Bibliae notitia, and is rubricated throughout.

Prothro B-172
One of the first editions of the Bible printed in quarto format and included aspects of early manuscripts - book prologues and alphabetical interpretations of Hebrew names. Includes illumination and hand colored initials.

Prothro B-197
Second edition of the pocket-sized octavo Latin Bible. Includes marginal chapter differences and references, a subject index, and a tabular summary of the books. Earliest printed Latin Bible with a woodcut illustration.

Prothro B-117
First Printed Vulgate with woodcuts throughout. Includes the typical details of Vulgate Bibles at the time: rinted initials, chapter numbers, book headlines, foliation, marginal references, chapter subdivisions, and additional readers' aids.

Prothro B-04
First Vulgate Bible to publish the Postillae along with the text of the Bible. Includes hand colored initials.

Prothro B-147
First Old Testament in Dutch, the text includes Apocrypha, but does not include Psalms.

Prothro B-115
Marian devotions based on the 150 Psalm incipits, attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Bonaventure and St. Jerome. Each poem begins with the Latin psalm followed by Dutch devotions to Mary.

Prothro B-108
Whereas most manuscript Books of Hours were illuminated with colorful miniatures, printed editions such as this one were embellished with metalcut illustrations and decorative borders.

24780
Six-volume multilingual Bible with Greek Septuagint and New Testament, Latin Vulgate, Hebrew Old Testament, and Aramaic translation in the lower margin.

Prothro B-48
Multilingual book of psalms with title, text and colophon in five languages, Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Arabic, and Aramaic. Scholia in Latin. Included is a brief biography of Christopher Columbus.

Prothro B-394
Known as Hutter's, or the Nuremberg Polyglot New Testament. New Testament in twelve languages, including the original Greek, St. Jerome's Latin, eight Protestant versions in European languages, his own Hebrew translation, and his Syriac translation…

Prothro B-10
Erasmus' second edition of his Latin translation (from Greek). Latin and Greek are side by side in this edition.

Prothro B-21
Martin Luther's (1483–1546) first German Old Testament which helped spread the Reformation. There are full-page woodcut illustrations by Lucas Cranach the Elder.

Prothro B-234
Second edition of Martin Luther's complete German Bible with woodcuts by Lucas Cranach the Younger.

Prothro B-407
Second edition of French translation of the Vulgate Bible. This second edition includes introductory material that revealed Protestant influences and woodcut illustrations.

Prothro B-120
First edition of the Spanish Bible, known as the "Biblia del Oso" or "Bible of the Bear" due to the printer's mark on the title page.

Prothro B-122
First Italian Protestant translation from Hebrew and Greek. It was widely used by Italian Protestants well into the twentieth century.

Prothro B-320
Third edition of the Mikraot Gedolot (Rabbinic Bible), Hebrew scriptures with Targimim, traditional commentaries. Includes the Masorah that Daniel Bomberg included in the second edition.

Prothro B-451
Inspired by Martin Luther's 1522 German New Testament, William Tyndale (c.1494–1536) translated the Bible from the Greek translation to English which led to his conviction of heresy and execution.
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