Shelfmark
Sa1.1.01(04)
Main entry--uniform title
Bible. O.T. Psalms Sternhold & Hopkins. English
Title
The whole booke of psalmes. Collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternehold, John Hopkins and others, conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them withall : Set forth and allowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, and after morning and evening prayer, as also before and after sermons: and moreover in private houses for their godly solace and comfort, laying a part all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend onely to the nourishing of vice and corrupting of youth.
Varying form of title
Whole booke of psalmes
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by E. Griffin and I. Raworth, for the company of stationers, 1638.
Physical description
[2], 113, [9]p ; 40cm. (Fo.)
Note
Signatures: A-K6 L².
Note
In two columns, Roman.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Bound with the book of common prayer (1639), the bible (1639) and a concordance or table to the Bible (1639).
Note
Previously: AZ.2.1.6(1).
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 2676; ESTC S122133
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1977. 1 microfilm reel; 35mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640: 1440:2).
Provenance
Book-labels of John Hely-Hutchinson, recording donation to Eton College in 1947.
Provenance
Ex-libris of John Finch C(ustos) S(igilli) (1584-1660), Speaker of the House of Commons 1628-29 and appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal on 17 January 1639/40.
Binding
16th century olive morocco; frame of a roll of dentelle ornaments; within this frame made up of a row of whorls consisting of a fillet and a dotted line; the central panel is divided by bands (4) extending from the corners to the centres of the two sides, forming a lozenge shaped central compartment and six triangular ones; the compartments are filled with small tools and whorls; the flat back is decorated in the same way. The ties are now lacking. In box.
Subject
Theology Christian sacred works.
Subject
Bible. O.T. Psalms Paraphrases, English Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Griffin, Edward, ? - d. 1621 printer.
Added entry--name
Raworth, John, ? - d. 1645 printer.
Added entry--name
Hely-Hutchinson, J. W., 1882 - 1955 (John Walter) former owner.
Added entry--name
Finch, John, 1584 - 1660 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sternhold, Thomas, ? - -1549 translator.
Added entry--name
Hopkins, John, ? - -1570 translator.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B25136