Shelfmark
Ep.1.10
Main entry--uniform title
Bible. N.T. Gospels. Arabic and Latin. 1591.
Title
[Evangelium sanctum Domini Nostri Iesu Christi conscriptum a quatuor Evangelistis sanctis idest, Matthaeo, Marco, Luca, et Iohanne].
Publication, distribution, etc.
Romae : Typographia Medicea, 1591.
Physical description
9-462, [2] p. : ill. ; Fol.
Note
Illustrated with 149 woodcuts, printed from 68 blocks, after designs by Antonio Tempesta.
Note
Edited by Giovanni Battista Raimondi, under the patronage of Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici.
Note
The intended prefatory matter was apparently never published. Text begins, without t.p., on p.9.
Note
Text of Gospels in Arabic, with interlinear Latin translation.
Citation/references note
British and Foreign Bible Society, Historical catalogue, 1637.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College Library.
Binding
17th century stiff parchment; title written in ink on spine; five raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Bh.2.6; Bh.2.12; GUT.B.1.1.
Subject
Wood-engraving, Italian 16th century.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Raimondi, Giovanni Battista, 1540 - 1610 translator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Tipografia medicea orientale printer.
Added Entry-Uncontrolled Related/Analytical Title
Quattuor Jesu Christi Evangelia.
Added entry--place
Italy Rome
Language code
lat ara
Identifier
B37054