A Sixteenth Century Bible
> The most beautiful volume antorig tjie. hall million in Ihe L'&ra'ry "at WafitHnfetbn' ig \ "'■ Bible which was transcribed by a monk in the sixteenth century- (says Hie ' New York Press '). It could not be n;&.tx"heid today i*n the bent printing office in ihr worlid. The parchment is \j\ perfect preservation. Every o"no of • its thousand pages is a study. The general lettering is in (ierman text, each letter perfect, without a 4cratoh or blot from lid to lid. At the beginning of. each chapter the fir&t letter is very large, usually two or three inches long, and is brightly ilbuminatod in red and blue ink. Within eaqli of these capitals is drawn the figure of some saint, some incident of which
the chapter tells. t There aro two collt^ins in a page, and nowhere is traceable the sli-ghtest irregularity of lme spaces or formation vi l the letters. 'Kven under a magnifying glass tihey seem flawless. This precious volume is' kept unu>r a glass case, which is SomeJtimes hftqdl in show that all the pages are as perfect as -the two which lie open. ' '
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 33, 18 August 1904, Page 30
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188A Sixteenth Century Bible New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 33, 18 August 1904, Page 30
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