[1549 reprint of the 1537 Matthew’s Bible] “The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are cotayned the Olde and New Testamente, truly & purely traslated into English, & nowe lately with The Byble, That is to say all the hoy Scripture: in whuch are contnayned the Olde and New Testamente…
NOTE
William Tyndale (1494-1536) began to craft a new English translation of the Bible in 1524. Armed with Erasmus’ Greek New Testament and Luther’s German text, he completed his English translation of the New Testament in just one year. The printing shop was raided, forcing him to begin anew and he released a smaller version in 1526.
While working on his Old Testament translation, Tyndale was betrayed and arrested. He was convicted of heresy, strangled, and burned at the stake. His last words were: “Lord, open the king of England’s eyes.”
Within a year his prayers were answered. His colleague Miles Coverdale (1488-1568) completed the first English translation of the Bible in 1535.
John Rogers (1505-1555) worked on a translation that used Tyndale’s work, completing the Old Testament based upon the Hebrew text. This version was first released in 1537 under the pseudonym of Thomas Matthew. This Bible is known as the Matthew's Bible or the Tyndale-Matthew Bible and welds together the best work of Tyndale and Coverdale. According to Herbert, this version is generally considered to be the primary version of our English Bible. Rogers would be burned at the stake during the reign of Bloody Mary.
These specific leaves originate from a 1549 reprint of the 1537 Matthew's Bible with the notes revised by Edmund Becke.
SHIPPING
All of our Matthews-Tyndale leaves will be protected with backing board and inserted in a clear hanging bag. The package will be shipped via UPS Ground.
REFERENCES
Herbert 74; STC 2077.
Leaf Availability
Old Testament
Genesis(all Genesis leaves are stained and repaired without text loss)
Genesis 26:2 - 27:46
Genesis 30:20 - 31:55
Genesis 32:1 - 34:27
Genesis 34:28 - 37:7
Genesis 39:16 - 41:54
Genesis 41:54 - 43:32
Genesis 43:32 - 46:12
Genesis 46:12 - 48:14
Exodus 26:10 – 28:26
Exodus 28:27 - 30:6
Exodus 30:6 - 32:21
Exodus 34:27 - 36:38
Leviticus 4:8 - 6:20
Leviticus 6:20 - 8:25
Leviticus 8:25 - 11:21
Leviticus 11:22 - 13:36
Leviticus 13:36 - 14:47
Leviticus 19:20 - 21:23
Leviticus 21:24 - 23:38
Leviticus 23:38 - 25:41
Leviticus 25:41 - 26:46
Numbers 7:25 - 8:26
Numbers 9:1 - 11:5
Numbers 15:8 - 16:37
Numbers 16:38 – 19:8
Numbers 26:28 - 28:16
Numbers 28:16 - 31:9
Numbers 33:1 - 35:12
Numbers 35:13 – 36:13
Deuteronomy(all Deuteronomy leaves are lightly stained)
Deuteronomy 10:4 - 12:17
Deuteronomy 12:17 - 15:2
Deuteronomy 18:1 - 20:20
Deuteronomy 21:1 - 23:13
Deuteronomy 23:13 - 26:6
Joshua 9:26 - 11:19
Joshua 17:14 - 20:4
Joshua 20:5 - 22:20
Judges 2:21 – 5:12
Judges 7:11 - 9:18
Judges 9:18 - 11:18
Judges 11:18 - 14:4
Judges 14:5 - 16:24
Judges 16:25 – 19:6
Judges 19:7 – 20:42
Judges 20:43 – Ruth 2:6
1 Samuel 28:20 - 31:13 (stained and repaired without loss)
2 Samuel 3:14 – 6:6 (lightly stained)
2 Samuel 6:7 – 9:7 (lightly stained, loss to sidenotes)
2 Samuel 14:10 - 16:5
2 Samuel 16:5 - 18:18
2 Samuel 18:19 - 20:3
2 Samuel 22:27 - 24:20
1 Kings 9:6 - 11:20
1 Kings 11:21 - 13:9
1 Kings 13:10 - 15:15
1 Kings 15:16 - 17:19
2 Kings 3:21 - 5:18
2 Kings 5:18 - 7:20
2 Kings 8:1 - 9:34
2 Kings 9:35 - 12:4
2 Kings 12:4 - 14:25
2 Kings 14:25 - 17:7
2 Kings 17:7 - 18:30
1 Chronicles 2:41 – 5:11
1 Chronicles 5:12 – 7:5
1 Chronicles 7:6 – 9:31
1 Chronicles 9:32 – 12:17
1 Chronicles 15:28 – 18:11
1 Chronicles 18:12 – 22:2
1 Chronicles 22:3 – 25:9
1 Chronicles 25:10 – 28:3
2 Chronicles 1:10 - 5:2
2 Chronicles 5:2 - 7:8
2 Chronicles 17:16 - 20:19
2 Chronicles 20:19 - 23:13
2 Chronicles 23:13 - 25:23
2 Chronicles 25:23 - 28:27
2 Chronicles 29:1 - 30:26
2 Chronicles 30:27 – 33:2
2 Chronicles 33:3 – 35:6
2 Chronicles 35:7 – Ezra 2:1
Ezra 2:1 - 4:12
Ezra 9:15 – Nehemiah 2:12
Nehemiah 5:8 - 7:64
Nehemiah 9:29 - 12:8
Nehemiah 12:8 - 13:31
Esther 7:6 - 10:3
Job 6:22 - 9:35
Job 10:1 - 13:16
Job 13:17 - 16:13
Job 32:11 - 36:9
Song of Solomon 4:13 – 8:14 (stained and repaired to margin)
Isaiah 2:10 - 5:3
Isaiah 13:4 - 15:5
Isaiah 15:5 - 19:19
Isaiah 19:20 - 22:25
Isaiah 26:9 - 28:29
Isaiah 37:8 - 38:22
Isaiah 56:7 – 59:12
Jeremiah 5:6 - 7:9
Jeremiah 7:9 - 9:8
Jeremiah 14:5 - 16:19
Jeremiah 18:19 - 21:12
Jeremiah 21:13 - 23:18
Jeremiah 23:18 - 25:30
Jeremiah 25:31 – 28:1
Jeremiah 33:13 - 36:3 (hole with loss of a few words)
Jeremiah 36:3 - 38:6
Jeremiah 38:7 – 41:1
Jeremiah 41:2 – 44:7
Jeremiah 44:8 - 46:27
Jeremiah 49:1 - 50:19
Jeremiah 50:19 - 51:37
Jeremiah 51:37 - 52:17
Ezekiel 1:27 - 4:14
Ezekiel 4:15 - 7:22
Ezekiel 7:23 - 10:7
Ezekiel 10:8 - 13:12
Ezekiel 13:13 - 16:17
Ezekiel 16:17 - 17:13
Ezekiel 17:13 - 19:11
Ezekiel 19:11 - 21:12
Ezekiel 21:12 – 23:19
Ezekiel 23:19 - 25:11
Ezekiel 25:11 - 28:9
Ezekiel 28:9 - 30:26
Ezekiel 31:1 - 33:8
Ezekiel 39:29 - 41:25
Ezekiel 41:25 - 44:14
Ezekiel 44:15 - 46:19
Hosea 4:13 - 9:3
Hosea 9:3 - 13:13
Amos 3:12 – 7:14