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• Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420 [Browse]

Notes

• A miniature edition of the Clementine Vulgate Latin version of the Bible (originally published 1592). This edition resembles, but is slightly larger than, the miniature edition published at Cologne in 1638-1639.
• Principal contents: v. 1, p. [3]-[9], Bellarmine's preface; p. [10]-[11], Bull of Clement VIII; p. [12], Tridentine decree on canonical books; p. [13]-[50], prefaces by Jerome; p. 1-358, "Pentateuchum Moysi"; v. 2, "Libri Iosue, Iudicum, Ruth, Regum IV, et Paralipomenon"; v. 3, "Esdras, Tobias, Iudith ..." (i.e. Ezra -- Ecclesiasticus); v. 4, "Prophetæ ... et Machabæorum libri duo"; v. 5, "Novum Testamentum Domini nostri Iesu Christi ... "; v. 6, "Manassæ oratio, Esdræ lib. III & IV. cum indice Bibliorum triplici" (i.e. "Index testimoniorum" (of O.T. passages cited in N.T.), "Hebraicorum ... [etc.] nominum interpretatio", and "Index Biblicus.").
• The text includes chapter summaries and marginal references.
• The title-page is engraved in each volume, except v. 6. Vol. 1 has an additional, engraved title-page before the text, with title: Pentateuchum Moysi.
• In v. 3 the Cologne imprint is omitted, in v. 6 the Paris imprint.

References

Darlow & Moule 6239

Other title(s)

• Pentateuchum Moysi.
• Libri Iosue, Iudicum, Ruth, Regum IV, et Paralipomenon.
• Esdras, Tobias, Iudith ...
• Prophetæ ... et Machabæorum libri duo.
• Novum Testamentum Domini nostri Iesu Christi.
• Manassæ oratio, Esdræ lib. III & IV.

OCLC

265388382

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