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Prothro B-117

Title

Subject

Bible - Latin Vulgate

Description

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.

Creator

Bevilaqua, Simon, active 1485–1518, printer.

Source

Prothro B-117. Biblia cum tabula nuper impressa et cum summariis noviter editis. Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 1498.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Medieval

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Chancery octavo with woodcuts

Collection

Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection

Citation

Bevilaqua, Simon, active 1485–1518, printer. , “Prothro B-117,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed May 31, 2023, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/755.