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The Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection |
| Medieval and Renaissance Bibles |
Bibles of the Reformation |
The English Bible |
Early American Bibles |
Nineteenth-Century Missionary Bibles |
Twentieth-Century Limited Editions |
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THE ENGLISH BIBLE: REFORMATION TO METHODISM
The English Bible tradition is one of the strengths of the Prothro
Collection. The exhibited editions, as well as dozens of lesser-known
versions, provide a comprehensive historical representation of English
Bible translation from the Reformation to the rise of Methodism.
Beginning in 1535 with Miles Coverdale’s first edition of the English
Bible and William Tyndale’s New Testament of 1536, the collection traces
the controversial religious and political history of the English Bible
through the publication of the King James Version in 1611. The
collection’s eighteenth-century English Bibles culminate with the unique
hand-corrected proof copy of John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes Upon the
New Testament of 1755. |
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25. Tyndale’s New Testament |
26. Tyndale as a Reformer |
27. The Coverdale Bible |
28. The Matthew’s Bible |
29. The Great Bible |
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30. The Geneva Bible |
31. The Bishops’ Bible |
32. The Douay-Rheims Bible |
33. The King James Bible |
34. King James Bible in Quarto |
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35. The “Vinegar” Bible |
36. Wycliffite New Testament in Print |
37. Bible with Engravings Added |
38. Printed by John Baskerville |
39. Illustrated Baskerville Bible |
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