Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- Conventions
- List of abbreviations
- 1 1357–1500
- 2 1501–1509
- 3 1510–1520
- 4 1521–1528
- 5 1529–1534
- 6 1535–1541
- 7 1535–1541
- 8 1542–1546
- Endnotes to Volume I
- 9 1547–1553
- 10 1553–1557
- 11 1554–1557
- 12 1501–1557
- APPENDIXES
- Bibliography
- Index of STC numbers
- General index
- References
6 - 1535–1541
A septennium of bibles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- Conventions
- List of abbreviations
- 1 1357–1500
- 2 1501–1509
- 3 1510–1520
- 4 1521–1528
- 5 1529–1534
- 6 1535–1541
- 7 1535–1541
- 8 1542–1546
- Endnotes to Volume I
- 9 1547–1553
- 10 1553–1557
- 11 1554–1557
- 12 1501–1557
- APPENDIXES
- Bibliography
- Index of STC numbers
- General index
- References
Summary
Separating fact from fiction
In The Bible in English (245), David Daniell offers some statistics on the printing of English bibles.
In the twenty-one years between Tyndale's first Testament in 1526 and Edward's accession in January 1547, there had been sixty-four editions…of a whole English Bible or New Testament. (In the same period, there had been no English printings of the Latin Bible, though there had been twenty-two across Europe.)
Unfortunately the numbers are both misleading and inaccurate. On this occasion Daniell does explain that New Testaments are included in the totals. An endnote, however, reveals that he also includes what he calls ‘single Old Testament Books by reformers like George Joye’ (811 n.85) – fifteen miscellaneous items including Coverdale's Ghostly Psalms and Spiritual Songs (STC 5892), none of which comes close to being ‘a whole English Bible or New Testament’. Also included is a New Testament of 1547 printed after Edward's accession (STC 2850); omitted are four editions not in Daniell's cited source but recorded by STC (2829, 2830.3, 2830.5, 2848.5) and three lost Antwerp editions in sixteens that he wrongly describes (151) as ‘reissues…in various small sizes’ of the 1526 octavo New Testament.
Information
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Stationers' Company and the Printers of London, 1501–1557 , pp. 342 - 388Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
References
J. A. Kingdon's biographical studies in Incidents (1895) and Richard Grafton (1901)
Accessibility standard: Unknown
Why this information is here
This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.Accessibility Information
Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this chapter is currently unknown
and may be updated in the future.
- 1
- Cited by