Selected Works Consulted:
Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Collection, 1996-2006

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General Works

The Cambridge History of the Bible, 3 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963-1970.

Darlow, T. H. and H.F. Moule. Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society. London: Bible House, 1903-1911.

De Hamel, Christopher. The Book. A History of the Bible. London: Phaidon Press, Ltd., 2001.

Formatting the Word of God. The Charles Caldwell Ryrie Collection: an Exhibition at Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, October 1998 through January 1999. Ed. Valerie R. Hotchkiss & Charles C. Ryrie; in collaboration with Duane Harbin, David Price, Page A. Thomas, Decherd Turner, Eric Marshall White. Dallas, Texas: Bridwell Library, 1998.

Maloy, Robert. The Bible: 100 Landmarks from the Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Collection. Dallas, Texas: The Bridwell Library, 1990.

Medieval Period

Black, Mathew. “The Biblical Languages.” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970, 1-11.

Branner, Robert. Manuscript Painting in Paris During the Reign of Saint Louis: A Study of Styles. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.

Hargreaves, Henry. “The Wycliffite Versions.” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969, 387-415.

Loewe, Raphael. “The Medieval History of the Latin Vulgate.” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969, 102-154.

Smalley, Beryl. The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages. Oxford: Blackwell, 1952.

Wiseman, D. J. “Books in the Ancient Near East and in the Old Testament.” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970, 30-48.

Printed Bibles of the Fifteenth Century

Ing, Janet. Johann Gutenberg and his Bible. A Historical Study. New York: The Typophiles, 1988.

Needham, Paul. “The Changing Shape of the Vulgate Bible in Fifteenth-Century Printing Shops.” The Bible as Book. The First Printed Editions. Paul Saenger and Kimberly Van Kampen, eds. London: The British Library, and New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999, 53-70.

The Reformation on the Continent

Hall, Basil. “Biblical Scholarship: Editions and Commentaries.” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963, 38-93.

Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Reformation of the Bible, the Bible of the Reformation. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.

Volz, Hans. “Continental Versions to c. 1600: German.” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963, 94-110.

The English Reformation

Bruce, F. F. The English Bible: A History of Translations. New York, Oxford University Press, 1961.

Greenslade, S. L. “English Versions of the Bible, 1525-1611.” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963, 141-174.

Mozley, James Frederic. Coverdale and His Bibles. London, Lutterworth Press, 1953.

Price, David and Charles Ryrie. Let It Go Among Our People: An Illustrated History of the English Bible from John Wycliffe to The King James Version. Cambridge, Eng.: Lutterworth Press, 2004.

Records of the English Bible.  The Documents Relating to the Translation and Publication of the Bible in English, 1525-1611. Ed. Alfred W. Pollard. London: Oxford University Press, 1911.

Early American Printing

Hills, Margaret T. The English Bible in America. A Bibliography of Editions of the Bible and the New Testament Published in America 1777–1957. New York: American Bible Society and the New York Public Library, 1961.

Murphy, Lawrence Parke. “An ‘Authorized’ American Bible?” American Book Collector 4, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1983), 3-10.

Thomas, Isaiah. The History of Printing in America, with a Biography of Printers and an Account of Newspapers. Worcester, Massachusettes: Isaiah Thomas, Jr., 1810.

Eighteenth Century English Printing

Hind, Arthur. A History of Engraving and Etching from the 15^th Century to the Year 1914. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Co., 1923.

Weigel, Luther. “English Versions Since 1611.” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963, 361-379.

Wesley’s Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament

Heitzenrater, Richard P. “Faithful unto death": Last Years and Legacy of John Wesley. Catalogue of an Exhibition in the Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries Commemorating the Bicentenary of John Wesley’s Death. Dallas, Texas: Bridwell Library, 1991.

Hempton, David. Methodism: Empire of the Spirit. New Haven: Yale University Press,

Maser, Frederick E. The Story of John Wesley’s New Testament: In Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament by John Wesley. Philadelphia: Printed for the Historical Society of the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Church, 1955.

Sykes, Norman. “The Religion of Protestants.” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963, 175-198.

Weigel, Luther. “English Versions Since 1611.” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963, 361-379.

Nineteenth-century Missionary Bibles

Fenn, Eric. “The Bible and the Missionary,” The Cambridge History of the Bible, vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963, 383-407.

Twentieth-Century Fine Press Editions

Drucker, Johanna. The Century of Artists Books. New York: Granary Books, 1995.

Jirousek, Charlotte. “The Arts and Crafts Movement.” Art Design and Visual Thinking: An Interactive Textbook. Ithaca: Cornell University Department of Textiles and Apparel, 2004.

Naylor, Gillian. The Arts and Crafts Movement: A Study of Its Sources, Ideals and Influence on Design Theory. London, Studio Vista, 1971.

Tidcombe, Marianne. The Doves Press. London: Oak Knoll Press, 2002.