Formatting the Word of God: The Charles Caldwell Ryrie Collection
11. Marking the Text: Chapter and Verse
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The Nevve Testament of our Lord Iesus Christ. Conferred diligently
with the Greke, and best approued translations. Geneva: Conrad Badius,
1557.
Small octavo. [12], 455 leaves, 5 × 3¼ inches.
Roman and italic. Headpiece and the 5-line and 12-line high woodcut initials
hand colored. Symbolic engraving on title page represents Time bearing
a scythe pulling truth out of a pit with an inscription reading “God by
Time restoreth Truth, and maketh her victorious.” Bound in blind-tooled
calfskin; traces of two fasteners; new spine, gilt lettering. Lacking 7
leaves at end of table. § DMH 106; STC (2nd ed.) 2871.
title page
© Copyright 1998 Bridwell Library, Perkins School
of Theology, Southern Methodist University.