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An interleaved copy of a 1619 edition of the Authorized Version of the Bible

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This collection contains an interleaved copy of a 1619 edition of the Authorized Version of the Bible, on the blank leaves of which John Verneuil, sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library c. 1614-47, has entered in double columns an index of texts of English sermons with their Bodleian shelf-marks: apparently a draft of his Nomenclator of such Tracts and Sermons as have been printed or translated into English (Oxford, 1637).

Dates

  • Creation: Written about 1630 by J. Verneuil

Extent

0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Conditions Governing Access

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Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Bib. Eng. 1619. e. 2, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

Bib. Eng. 1619. e. 2-3

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18291

Abstract

An interleaved copy of a 1619 edition of the Authorized Version of the Bible

Biographical / Historical

John Verneuil (1582/3-1647) was a librarian. He was sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library between c. 1614 and 1647.

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, nos. 3698-3699.

Custodial History

Manuscripts acquired by the Bodleian Library (232-233)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These two volumes may be regarded as having come into the Library upon Vemeuil's death in 1647.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

7 1/8 x 5 in.

Title
An interleaved copy of a 1619 edition of the Authorized Version of the Bible
Status
Published
Author
Collection Level Description and EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
Date
EAD version 2020
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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