Original leaves from famous Bibles, leaf 044: Eliot Indian Bible, 1685 A. D.
Original caption: A leaf from the second edition of Eliot's Bible, revised by the editor, with the assistance of John Cotton. The Indian Bible (first issued in 1663) was the first scripture printed in North America, and also the first version prepared for a pagan people in their own language. J...
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ftballstate:oai:dmr.bsu.edu:BibleLvs/225 2023-11-12T04:00:27+01:00 Original leaves from famous Bibles, leaf 044: Eliot Indian Bible, 1685 A. D. Bible. Algonquin. 1685 Eliot, John, 1604-1690;Green, Samuel, 1615-1702,printer;Ege, Otto F.;Duschnes, Philip C. Cambridge ?; Middlesex county ?; Massachusetts ?; United States ?; North and Central America ? 1680s (1680-1689); Seventeenth century, C. E. 1685 18 x 14 cm.; Mounted in window mat 47 x 34 cm. Prints; Typed text image/jpeg (Access and photo master); image/tiff (Scan master) Contex FLEX50i Scanner; Canon EOS Rebel T2i EOS 550D Digital Camera 600 ppi (Scans); Quality L (Photos); 24 bit http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/BibleLvs/id/225 Algonquin unknown S. Green http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1505416 Original Leaves From Famous Bibles Collection https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/BibleLvs Original leaves from famous Bibles SPEC-056-044_1685 SPEC056 - LEAF 044 1505416 http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/BibleLvs/id/225 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Bible--History Printing Text 1685 ftballstate 2023-10-27T12:53:17Z Original caption: A leaf from the second edition of Eliot's Bible, revised by the editor, with the assistance of John Cotton. The Indian Bible (first issued in 1663) was the first scripture printed in North America, and also the first version prepared for a pagan people in their own language. John Eliot performed the Herculean task of learning the difficult Algonquin tongue, of translating, unaided, the entire Bible in this unknown and unwritten language, of overcoming many technical difficulties, and of then teaching the Indians to read their own tongue. Samuel Green, the printer, was aided greatly by James Printer, an Indian compositor and corrector of the press. "Wohkukquohsinwog Quoshod tumwaenuog" (The prophets are ended) is a specimen of the difficulties encountered. The language is now extinct. Double columns.; Provenance: Original leaves collected and assembled in portfolios by Otto F. Ege of Cleveland, Ohio.; Portfolios were sold and disbributed by New York bookseller Philip C. Duschnes, ca. 1948. This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about Text algonquin Ball State University: Digital Media Repository Indian Ege ENVELOPE(-55.853,-55.853,-83.560,-83.560) |
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Original caption: A leaf from the second edition of Eliot's Bible, revised by the editor, with the assistance of John Cotton. The Indian Bible (first issued in 1663) was the first scripture printed in North America, and also the first version prepared for a pagan people in their own language. John Eliot performed the Herculean task of learning the difficult Algonquin tongue, of translating, unaided, the entire Bible in this unknown and unwritten language, of overcoming many technical difficulties, and of then teaching the Indians to read their own tongue. Samuel Green, the printer, was aided greatly by James Printer, an Indian compositor and corrector of the press. "Wohkukquohsinwog Quoshod tumwaenuog" (The prophets are ended) is a specimen of the difficulties encountered. The language is now extinct. Double columns.; Provenance: Original leaves collected and assembled in portfolios by Otto F. Ege of Cleveland, Ohio.; Portfolios were sold and disbributed by New York bookseller Philip C. Duschnes, ca. 1948. This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about |
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Eliot, John, 1604-1690;Green, Samuel, 1615-1702,printer;Ege, Otto F.;Duschnes, Philip C. |
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