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The Byble, 1549. I CORINTHIANS 1:1-18 Title. + ROMANS 15:15-16:27. “The Cross: the Power of God” (1 Cor 1:18). RARE. Known either as the “Tyndale-Matthew Bible” or the “Matthew’s Bible” or more popularly the “Wife Beater’s Bible” after 1 Pet 3, or even the “Bug Bible” after the reading “bugges” at Ps 91:5 ,” but published simply as “The Byble.” Reference: Herbert 74. This edition, a close reprint of the First Tyndale-Matthew Edition (1537), was printed in London by John Daye and William Seres, with notes edited by Edmund Becke. The Byble is the translated work of both William Tyndale (1536) and Miles Coverdale (1535). The text here, from Paul’s letters to the Romans and to the Corinthians, is the translation of Tyndale himself, based on the 1537 edition.
Leaf is folio size, uncut, 11.65″ x 7.25″, in an unusual Black Letter type. 65 lines/col. Ref: Herbert 74. The text of this leaf contains a significant piece of Paul’s “theology of the cross” where the apparent weakness of God (the cross) is stronger than every form of human wisdom or strength, thus removing every avenue for human boasting before God.
Leaf is in FINE condition overall, with full margins and marginal notes, but with moderate stains and a small wormhole to the outer edge (see pics). Leaf is Folio lxxv [=75] with one small Chapter Woodcut initial, one small Prologue Woodcut initial, and one large 10-line Woodcut at the beginning of Chapter 1 in 1st Corinthians. Leaf is a fine example of an authentic Tyndale translation of Paul’s theology in nuce. COA on premium “gold leaf” paper w. gold seal. Leaf and COA are set in a large, museum quality, Bifold Portfolio.
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