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Title	Great Bible, 1549
Contributors	Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568; Whitchurch, Edward, -1561; Ege, Otto F.
Date Created	1549
Description	Caption: "Leaf from a Great Bible, 1549 A.D., Imprynted at London in Fletestrete at the signe of the Sunne over agaynst the conduyte by Edwarde Whitchurche; A revision by Coverdale of Matthew's Bible under the patronage of Thomas Cromwell, hence sometimes known as 'Cromwells Bible.' The first editions were large folios. In 1538 an order was given to the clergy that 'one boke of the whole Bible, in the largest volume, in Englyshe, sett up in summe convenyent place within the churche that ye have cure of, whereat your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and rede yt' (Darlow and Moule 49)."
Note	Leaf has initial, headlines, signatures, and catchwords.
Physical Description	1 paper leaf; 31 x 20 cm
Genre	Bibles
Subject	Bible--History; Printing--England--History--16th century; Early printed books--Specimens; Printing--Specimens
Geographic Location	London (England)
Repository	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Title	Original leaves from famous Bibles : nine centuries 1121-1935 A.D. : collected and assembled by Otto F. Ege
Collection Number	BS399.L3 E33
Identifier	sc_mspt000280001
Object Identifier	sc_mspt00028
Copyright	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004
Type	Text
Format	image/tiff
Language	eng

Title	Recto
Repository	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Title	Original leaves from famous Bibles : nine centuries 1121-1935 A.D. : collected and assembled by Otto F. Ege
Collection Number	BS399.L3 E33
Identifier	sc_mspt000280001
Object Identifier	sc_mspt00028
Copyright	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/#d.en.3004
Type	Text
Format	image/tiff

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