This is a
catalogue for an exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library at Providence,
Rhode Island, United States. The exhibition included a wide variety of 16th
and 17th century Bible manuscripts, and the accompanying catalogue attempts
to explain their significance. While the text is perfectly readable, it *can*
be confusing to the general reader. A working knowledge of this rather obscure
subject probably helps in this case. The author, Robert Mathiesen, mentions the
Erasmus Bible edition, the first Biblical texts printed in Ethiopic, and the
great Polyglot Bibles, among others. The most fascinating character mentioned
is Christophe Plantin, a nominal Catholic book-printer who was really a member
of the secret “Family of Love”, a radical Protestant denomination. Not sure how
to rate this material. Three stars?
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