RARE-1562 Geneva-Bible 2nd Ed-1st Folio-Leaf-Title to Ephesians-end of Galatians

Description: Welcome to The Bible Leaf DepotOur Business is solely about sellingRARE BIBLE LEAVES!!! We annually sell hundreds of 15th, 16th and 17th century Bible Leaves. KJV, Geneva, Great, Bishops, Matthews and even early Latin and German Bible Leaves. Bible Title Pages-General and New Testament And small quantities of other Rare leaves-I also sell individual sermons from the 1500's, 1600's, 1700's and 1800's. If you need a particular Leaf-let me know. For Auction-A very special Rare Geneva Bible Leaf-Printed in 1562!-This leaf is from the 2nd edition of the Geneva Bible ever printed!!!! Also important-this is the 1st Folio Edition of the Geneva Bible-in Roman Font. This Leaf follows is from the New Testament- The Title to The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians, plus the ending of Galatians. Leaf # 81 Includes The Title to Ephesians, the complete Argument, notes for Chapter 1 and enlarged 1st Letter "P". The Text with this leaf runs from Ephesians 1:1 through 1:15 and on the reverse and over the Title is much of the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians from 4:25b through 6:18. . Great verses throughout!! And of course, all of the Reformed notes! Folio in Roman Font-measures 12 3/4" by 8 3/4" Darlow and Moule # 84. Condition-Light browning to leaf-some spots-slight top stain. Lower corner loss not impacting any Text. Rare Bible Leaf-449 years old. See photos-You will receive a copy of the New Testament Title Page along with a nice COA .God bless The Geneva Bible followed the Great Bible of 1539, the first authorised Bible in English, which was the authorized Bible of the Church of England.During the reign of Queen Mary I of England (1553–58), a number of Protestant scholars fled from England to Geneva, Switzerland, which was then ruled as a republic in which John Calvin and, later, Theodore Beza, provided the primary spiritual and theological leadership. Among these scholars was William Whittingham, who supervised the translation now known as the Geneva Bible, in collaboration with Myles Coverdale, Christopher Goodman, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and William Cole; several of this group later became prominent figures in the Vestments controversy. Whittingham was directly responsible for the New Testament, which was complete and published in 1557,[6] while Gilby oversaw the Old Testament.The first full edition of this Bible, with a further revised New Testament, appeared in 1560,[6] but it was not printed in England until 1575 (New Testament[6]) and 1576 (complete Bible[6]). Over 150 editions were issued; the last probably in 1644.[6] The first Bible printed in Scotland was a Geneva Bible, which was first issued in 1579.[6] In fact, the involvement of Knox (1514-1572) and Calvin (1509-1564) in the creation of the Geneva Bible made it especially appealing in Scotland, where a law was passed in 1579 requiring every household of sufficient means to buy a copy.[7]Some editions from 1576 onwards[6] included Laurence Tomson's revisions of the New Testament. Some editions from 1599 onwards[6] used a new "Junius" version of the Book of Revelation, in which the notes were translated from a new Latin commentary by Franciscus Junius.The annotations which are an important part of the Geneva Bible were Calvinist and Puritan in character, and as such they were disliked by the ruling pro-government Anglicans of the Church of England, as well as King James I, who commissioned the "Authorized Version", or King James Bible, in order to replace it. The Geneva Bible had also motivated the earlier production of the Bishops' Bible under Elizabeth I, for the same reason, and the later Rheims-Douai edition by the Catholic community. The Geneva Bible remained popular among Puritans and remained in widespread use until after the English Civil War. The Geneva notes were surprisingly included in a few editions of the King James version, even as late as 1715.[6]

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