Medieval Bibles & New Testament Manuscripts
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Offered here is a fabulous collection of rare Bible pages / leafs dating from between 1586 and 1612. Each item shown below is one page, front and back. Please click the image to see a closeup photo showing both sides. All ex-old Atlanta, Georgia collection.



Book of Psalms: Brotherly Love
Geneva Bible page printed 1597 in London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, “Printer to the Queenes Moft Excellent Maieftie” Anno Dom. 1597. Recto contains Psalms 126:5-132:1; verso contains Psalms 132:2-135:19. Measures 10 3/8" x 7 1/8", printed on cotton linen paper, sometimes called “rag” paper. Christoper Barker was “Printer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the First”. ex-Jefferson City, TN collection. #AM2221: $150
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Engraving of the Royal Throne of Solomon
Geneva Bible page printed 1597 in London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, “Printer to the Queenes Moft Excellent Maieftie” Anno Dom. 1597. Contains 1st Kings: “The Royal Throne of Solomon.” Recto contains First Kings 9:22-10:20; verso contains First Kings 10:21-11:22. Measures 10 3/8" x 7", printed on cotton linen paper, sometimes called “rag” paper. Christoper Barker was “Printer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the First”. ex-Jefferson City, TN collection. #AM2218: $175
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HUGE King James Bible page printed 1639: Caesar's Tribute!
King James Bible page printed in 1639, by Robert Barker, “Printer to the King’s Excellent Majesty” in 1639. Contains the Book of Matthew, of Caesar’s Tribute! First edition, Fifth and final issue! Measures approx. 16 1/8" x 10 3/4", on heavy cotton linen paper, 59 lines of text on the full page. Printed in wonderful Old English Gothic blackletter type font. Near fine condition! This leaf reference is #543 in the “Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525-1961”, by A.S Herbert, 1968. Book of Matthew, recto contains Matthew 22:11 - 46 (of Caesar’s Tribute and the Resurrection), verso contains Matthew 23:1 - 31 (Against Ambition and Hypocrisy). Beautiful leaf printed with lovely floriated initial! ex-Jefferson City, TN collection. #AM2215: $275
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Geneva Bible pages, printed in London by Robert Baker,
"Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty",
dated 1602. Bible leafs from Psalms. Each leaf measures around 7 1/8" x 10 1/2". Over 10 leaves available, examples shown above and at right. Ex-Midwest USA private collection. #1602-5200: $125 ea. SOLD OUT


Geneva Bible pages, printed in London, dated 1580!
Contain the Gospels of Mark and Luke. Each leaf measures around 6 1/8" x 8 1/4". Over 10 leaves available, examples shown above and at right. This book belonged to a John Holland in the late 1600’s; the book had been labeled in handwritten ink:
“John Holland - His Booke 1683”.
This folio contains the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke, and the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Mark. Ex-Midwest USA private collection. #1580-5300: $125 each. SOLD OUT

Geneva Bible pages, dated 1580! With handwritten ink notes dated 1683. #1580-534: $

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Geneva Bible pages, printed in London, dated 1580!
With handwritten ink notes dated 1683. Pages from the Gospels of Mark and Luke. #1580-530: $


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Geneva Bible pages, printed in London by Robert Baker, "Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty", dated 1602. Bible leaf from Psalms. #1602-521: $


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Geneva Bible page printed in London by Robert Baker, "Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty", dated 1606. Page contains Psalms 50 to 56. Includes the famous Psalm 51, of King David, "Have Mercy upon me, O God"! A fine red-ruled Bible Leaf made for the well-to-do of the day. Measures 8 1/4" x 6 1/8", in nice antiquarian condition. #AM2094: $250 SOLD

Geneva Bible page printed by Christopher Barker in 1586! A Black-Letter Bible leaf containing parts of the Gospel of John 14-18, including John 17, Jesus Christ's High Priestly prayer!
Measures 8 1/4" x 6 1/4", nicely preserved with some browning. #AM2096: $150
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Geneva Bible page printed by Christopher Barker in 1599! A fine Quarto Red-Ruled Bible leaf containing parts of the Gospel of Luke 4-6. Red-ruled Bibles like this were produced only for the well-to-do of the day. Measures 8 1/4" x 6 1/2", nicely-preserved with some browning. Rare! #AM2102: $175 SOLD

Geneva Bible page printed by Christopher Barker in 1599! A fine Red-Ruled Bible leaf containing the Title to First Kings. Red-ruled Bibles like this were produced only for the well-to-do of the day. Measures 8 1/4" x 6 1/2" in nice condition. Rare! #AM2098: $199 SOLD



Very large Geneva Bible page printed in London by Robert Baker, "Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty", dated 1607. Contains the title page of the Gospel of Luke! Large 12 1/2" x 8 1/4", nicely preserved with some browning. #AM2100: $250 SOLD

Geneva Bible page printed by the deputies of Christopher Barker in 1597. Depicts a woodcut of the Altar! Red-ruled Bibles like this were produced only for the well-to-do of the day. Measures about 10" x 7", nicely-preserved with some browning and marginal repair. #AM2099: $199 SOLD

RARE 1573 Biblia Sacra Latin Bible Leaf with the baptism of Jesus. Published by Guliel Rouillius in Lyon in 1573. Includes most of the Gospel of Matthew 2-4, with two woodcuts by Pierre Eskrich. One woodcut depicts Jesus being baptized, with the Spirit of God being received in the background. Measures about 7" x 4 3/4" with some browning standard for the age. #AM2116: $375 SOLD


Geneva Bible page printed by Christopher Barker in 1586! A Black-Letter Bible leaf containing parts of the Gospel of Matthew, including Matthew 26: the Last Supper! Measures 8 1/4" x 6 1/4". Rare! #AM2101: $250 SOLD



HUGE King James Bible leaf from 1617!
The Epistles. Single double sided leaf (Page). Contents of this leaf: The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians, including the title, Chapter I and most of Chapter II. Printed in 1617 by Christopher Barker, London. First Edition. Measures approx. 15 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches! Leaf is in near fine condition, slight edge wear where they were removed from the book. Protected by a Mylar sleeve. ex-Discovery Bay, CA collection. Massive and impressive! #AM2172: $250
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1567 Latin Vulgate Bible with Woodblock Illustration and Textual Variant. One leaf from a Latin Vulgate Bible published in Lyon in 1567 by Guglielmo Rovillium. Interesting textual variant: the passage at John 19:3 involves the omission of four words. In the mocking treatment that Jesus received from the Roman soldiers at John 19:3, an important element has been unintentionally omitted. First, looking at the text of the King James Version, we find that the soldiers twisted thorns into the shape of a crown of thorns and placed it on his head and then they put a purple robe on him. At that point they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and hit him with their hands. Thus, the King James Version indicates that the verbal insult was the single statement: “Hail, King of the Jews!” However, the earliest text of this verse has four additional words, which mean “and they came to him,” and this text is strongly supported by the A.D. 200 Greek Papyrus #66, the second-century Greek Papyrus #90, the Greek Codex Sinaiticus, the Greek Codex Vaticanus, four other Greek uncials, family 13 of the Greek minuscules and a few other minuscules, several manuscripts of the Old Latin, the Jerome’s Latin Vulgate (as seen here, with the words “et veniebant ad eum,” meaning “and they came to him”), the Harclean Syriac, the Sahidic Coptic, and the Bohairic Coptic. Since this phrase and the one immediately preceding it both end with the word “him,” the omission was probably accidental and due to homoeoteleuton, or “same ending,” which is a kind of error in which material is skipped because adjacent lines or phrases have identical or nearly identical endings. However, since the tense of this omitted Greek verb is the “imperfect of continued action” (Marcus Dods, “The Gospel of St. John,” in The Expositor’s Greek Testament, 1:853) it could better be translated with an iterative meaning, such as “Then one after another they came up to him” or “They kept coming up to him.” According to Leon Morris, The Gospel according to John, p. 791, this episode probably indicates the soldiers coming to him “in some formal manner, as though doing homage to royalty.” This is one leaf from a Latin Vulgate Bible published in Lyon in 1567 by Guglielmo Rovillium, with the Roman numeral date of M. D. LXVII = 1567 (on the original 1567 title page but not included here). The beautiful woodcuts in this Bible were made by Pierre Eskrich (1530-1590) and Thomas Arande, both being inspired by Bernard Salomon. However, a catalogue from Leo Olschki, ""Livres a figures des XV et XVI siecle,"" 1913, attributes the woodcuts to Jean Moni, inspired by Bernard Salomon. Measures 4 3/4" x 7 1/2" and contains John, chapters 18:1-19:8. There are also 5 woodblock printed illustrations: Christ carrying his cross to Golgotha, Peter with his sword cutting off the ear of Malthus, Jesus before Annas, Jesus before Caiaphas, and Jesus before Pilate. ex-Herriman, Utah collection. #AM2171: $225 SOLD


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Leaf from 1568 Geneva Bible, framed.
A leaf from a Geneva Bible, Second Quarto Edition, 1568, printed by John Crispin. This is a page from St. Matthew - Bidden to the Marriage - The Sadduces Question. Page measures 10 1/8" x 7 1/8" (25.8 x 18.2 cm). Nicely framed with certificate of Authenticity on back. #A16266: $175
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Leaf from 1576 Geneva Bible, framed.
A leaf from a Geneva "Breeches" Bible, 1576, printed by Christopher Barker. The Geneva Bible was also the Bible of the pilgrims and this page is from the Apocrypha / 1st Maccabees and was red ruled by hand. Page measures 8 5/8" x 5 3/8" (21.9 x 13.7 cm). Page in nice condition. Nicely framed with certificate of Authenticity on back. #A16267: $175
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Geneva Bible page printed by Christopher Barker in 1586! A Black-Letter Bible leaf containing parts of the Epistle of Peter 1-4, including the popular Peter 2:25, "Shepherd and Bishop of Souls." Measures 8 1/4" x 6 1/4", nicely preserved with some browning. #AM2097: $150 SOLD



Geneva Bible page printed in London by Robert Baker, "Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty", dated 1612. Woodcuts of the Tabernacle! This extremely large and fine folio-size red-ruled Geneva Bible page includes hand-colored woodcuts of the Tabernacle, with gilt details! An amazing, and awesome item made for the well-to-do of the day. Contains parts of Exodus. Quite large, at 12" x 8 1/2". #AM2095: $199 SOLD


RARE 1573 Biblia Sacra Latin Bible Leaf depicting the Menorah! Published by Guliel Rouillius in Lyon in 1573.
Includes part of the Book of Exodus, with two woodcuts by Pierre Eskrich, one depicting the menorah.
Measures about 7" x 4 3/4" with some browning standard for the age. Very rare! #AM2117: $375
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Book of Psalms: The Power of Christ
Geneva Bible page printed 1597 in London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, “Printer to the Queenes Moft Excellent Maieftie” Anno Dom. 1597. Recto has Psalms 109:12 through 112:1, Verso has Psalms 112:2 through 115:15. Measures 10 3/8" x 7 1/8", printed on cotton linen paper, sometimes called “rag” paper. Christoper Barker was “Printer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the First”. This leaf reference is #235 in the “Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525-1961”, by A.S Herbert, 1968. ex-Jefferson City, TN collection. #AM2214: $150 SOLD

“Fishers of Men”!
Geneva Bible page printed 1597 in London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, “Printer to the Queenes Moft Excellent Maieftie” Anno Dom. 1597. Contains the Book of Luke, “Fishers of Men”! Recto contains Luke 3:32-4:32 (Christ is Tempted, and He Preacheth at Nazareth); verso contains Luke 4:34-5:24 (The Devils Acknowledge Christ, and Fishers of Men). Measures 10 3/8" x 7 1/8", printed on cotton linen paper, sometimes called “rag” paper. Christoper Barker was “Printer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the First”. ex-Jefferson City, TN collection. #AM2217: $199
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Engravings of Solomon’s Temple!
Geneva Bible page printed 1597 in London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, “Printer to the Queenes Moft Excellent Maieftie” Anno Dom. 1597. Contains 1st Kings, including two engravings of the Temple, one of “The Forme of the Pillar,” and one of “The Sea, or Great Caldron).” Recto contains First Kings 6:32-7:7; verso contains First Kings 7:8-27. Measures 10 3/8" x 6 7/8", printed on cotton linen paper, sometimes called “rag” paper. Christoper Barker was “Printer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the First”. ex-Jefferson City, TN collection. #AM2220: $250
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Book of Psalms: God’s Power
Geneva Bible page printed 1597 in London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, “Printer to the Queenes Moft Excellent Maieftie” Anno Dom. 1597. Recto contains Psalms 89:10-90:3; verso contains Psalms 90:4-92:10. Measures 10 3/8" x 7 1/8", printed on cotton linen paper, sometimes called “rag” paper. Christoper Barker was “Printer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the First”. ex-Jefferson City, TN collection. #AM2219: $150
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The Plagues of Egypt / God’s Providence
Geneva Bible page printed 1597 in London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, “Printer to the Queenes Moft Excellent Maieftie” Anno Dom. 1597. Recto contains Psalms 104:11 through 105:26, Verso contains Psalms 105:27 through 106:27. Measures 10 3/8" x 7 1/8", printed on cotton linen paper, sometimes called “rag” paper. Christoper Barker was “Printer to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the First”. This leaf reference is #235 in the “Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525-1961”, by A.S Herbert, 1968. ex-Jefferson City, TN collection. #AM2216: $150
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