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Page from the Statenbijbel (the Dutch Authorized Version of the Bible), Leiden, 1637 Ravesteyn, Paulus Aertsz van (drukker/printer) Wouw, Hillebrant Jacobsz van, I, wed. en erven (drukker/printer) year: 1637 type: tekstbladzijde page detail: nee dimensions: 33,5 x 20 cm. related terms: bijbels typografische vormgeving lettertypen initialen privileges period: 19e eeuw classification: D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst contents: In 1618 the National Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church decided on a new translation of the Bible. It would be 1635 before the whole translation was completed, revised and approved. Printing took place in Leiden, where the Amsterdam printer Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn had organised a printing office for this very purpose. In the summer of 1637 this prestigious work was completed. The text is in Gothic type, the marginalia and summaries at the beginning of every book of the Bible in roman, and the running title in italics. The illuminated initials often shows a biblical scene. origineel: source: Biblia, dat is: De gantsche H. Schrifture. - Leiden, P.A. van Ravensteyn; ['s-Gravenhage], wed. en erfg. H.J. van Wouw, [1637], dl. I, fol. 27 v available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 2112 A 1 ©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek ©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek |
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