"Biblia polyglotta", Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1568-1572
Plantijn, Christoffel (drukker/printer)
year: 1569-1573
type: tekstbladzijde
page
detail: nee
dimensions: 53 x 40,4 cm. (opening)
related persons: Plantijn, Christoffel Philips II
related terms: bijbels typografische vormgeving oplagen prijzen (van drukwerk)
period: 16e eeuw
classification:
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst
G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij
contents: The most daunting sixteenth-century undertaking in the learned world and the art of printing is the 'Antwerp Polyglot' or 'King's Bible''. It consists of five large folio volumes with the complete text of the Bible in Hebrew and Greek, in ancient Chaldee (= Aramaic) and Syrian versions, and in the official Church Latin translation (the Vulgate), followed by three volumes of 'Apparatus': a series of scholarly treatises, grammars, lexicons, text editions and commentaries referring to the texts in the relevant languages. It was printed by Christopher Plantin in Antwerp, the greatest and most versatile publisher in Europe at the time. Publication took years of preparation: starting as early as 1566 large numbers of oriental typefaces were acquired and experiments for a sound, well-designed lay-out were undertaken.
origineel:
source: Biblia Polyglotta. - Antwerpen: Christoffel Plantijn, 1568-1572, p. 2-3
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1700 A 1
©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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