Bibliographic Details
| Uniform title: | Bible. Greek. Complutensian. 1502.
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| Imprint: | [Alcala de Henares] : [Arnao Guillén de Brocar for Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros], [1514-1517]
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| Description: | 6 volumes ; 38 cm (folio)
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| Language: | Multiple
Ancient Greek
Hebrew
Aramaic
Latin |
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| Subject: | |
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| Format: | Print
Book
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| Local Note: | Copy 1: University of Chicago Library's copy imperfect: volume 1, lacking blank leaf [1]; volume 3, lacking blank leaves K4 and ²a2.
Copy 1, volume 4: University of Chicago Library's copy with binding error: errata bound between gatherings p and A.
Copy 1, volume 6: University of Chicago Library's copy with binding error: gathering 'a' at end bound between gatherings 2F and ²A.
Copy 2, volume 6: University of Chicago Library's copy imperfect: lacking first 9 leaves and gatherings ²B, ³C, and a; photostat copies of missing leaves at beginning and gathering ³C bound in; leaves ²A6, ²C1-6, ²D1-6, ²E1-2, ³A1-6, ³B1-6 torn with some loss of text, leaves mended with missing text supplied in manuscript.
Copy 1: University of Chicago Library's copy forms part of the American Bible Union Collection.
Discovery of this item made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes.
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| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3139753 |
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Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Vetus Testamentum multiplici lingua nunc primo impressum, et imprimis Pentateuchus Hebraico, Greco atque Chaldaico idiomate, adiuncta vnicuique sua Latina interpretatione
At head of title: Haec tibi pentadecas tetragonon respicit illud, hospitium Petri [et] Pauli ter quinq[ue] dierum, namq[ue] instrume[n]tum vetus hebdoas innuit, octo lex noua signatur, ter quinq[ue] receptat vtrunq[ue]
Haec tibi pentadecas tetragonon respicit illud, hospitium Petri et Pauli ter quinque dierum, namque instrumentum vetus hebdoas innuit, octo lex noua signatur, ter quinque receptat vtrunque
Secu[n]da [-quarta] pars Veteris testamenti Hebraico, Grecoq[ue] idiomate nunc primum impressa, adiuncta vtriq[ue] sua Latina interpretatione
Secunda [-quarta] pars Veteris testamenti Hebraico, Grecoque idiomate nunc primum impressa, adiuncta vtrique sua Latina interpretatione
Nouum testamentum Grece et Latine in Academia Complutensi nouiter impressum
Vocabularium Hebraicum atq[ue] Chaldaicu[m] totius Veteris testamenti cu[m] alijs tractatibus prout infra in prefatione cntinetur in Academia Complutensi nouiter impressum
Vocabularium Hebraicum atque Chaldaicum totius Veteris testamenti cum alijs tractatibus prout infra in prefatione cntinetur in Academia Complutensi nouiter impressum
Biblia polyglotta
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| Other uniform titles: | Bible. Old Testament. Hebrew. Complutensian. 1502.
Bible. Pentateuch. Aramaic. Onḳelos.
Bible. Latin. Complutensian. 1502.
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| Other authors / contributors: | López de Zúñiga, Diego, -1530, editor.
Jiménez de Cisneros, Francisco, 1436?-1517, publisher.
Brocar, Arnao Guillén de, -1523, printer.
Baptist Union Theological Seminary (Morgan Park, Ill.), former owner.
General Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), former owner.
Kolegium Jezuickie (Lublin, Poland), former owner.
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| Provenance: | Copy 1, volumes 2-5: Crossed out or pasted over former owner's inscription.
Copy 1, volume 4: Former owner's marginal manuscript annotation on leaf 2d1.
Copy 1, volume 6: Former owner's inscription: Este tomo aunas fin author no tiene al correzzà y es pesmitido[?] por estar impresso antes del ano de 1587 segr. la regla lo del indice del [illegible] imprimisse el ańo de 1515 en Alcala. Germo. 1708.
Copy 1, volume 6: Few former owner's manuscript annotations; some underscoring.
Copy 2, volume 4: Bookplate: The Hengstenberg Collection in the library of the Baptist Union Theological Seminary.
Copy 2, volume 4: Former owner's inscription: D. Kon[illegible] inscriptus catalogo librorum Collegij Lublinensis Soci. Jesu.
Copy 2, volume 4: Former owner's manuscript annotations; some underscoring; a single annotation in a second hand on leaf 2e4.
Copy 2, volume 6: Illegible former owner's inscription.
Copy 2, volume 6: Embossed stamp: Gen. Theo. Seminary Library, New York.
Copy 2, volume 6: Few former owner's manuscript annotations.
Copy 1, volumes 1-5: Binding: Red morocco over boards; gilt tooled black morocco spine labels; some volumes with modern reback.
Copy 1, volume 6: Binding: 20th century red morocco over boards; gilt tooled black morocco spine labels; binding in imitation of binding of volumes 1-5.
Copy 2, volume 4: Binding: Blind tooled leather over wooden boards; leather index tabs.
Copy 2, volume 6: Binding: Vellum over boards.
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| Notes: | Also known as: Biblia polyglotta.
Title varies; volumes 2-4 have title: Secu[n]da [-quarta] pars Veteris testamenti Hebraico, Grecoq[ue] idiomate nunc primum impressa, adiuncta vtriq[ue] sua Latina interpretatione; volume 5 has title: Nouum testamentum Grece [et] Latine in Academia Complutensi nouiter impressum; volume 6 has title: Vocabularium Hebraicum atq[ue] Chaldaicu[m] totius Veteris testamenti cu[m] alijs tractatibus prout infra in prefatione cntinetur in Academia Complutensi nouiter impressum.
Colophon, volume 4: Explicit quarta et vltima pars totius Veteris testame[n]ti Hebraico, Grecoq[ue] et Latino idiomate nunc primu[m] impressa in hac preclarissima Complutensi Vniueristate. De mandato ac sumptibus reuerendissimi in Christo patris & domini, domini F. Francisci Ximenez de Cisneros ... industria & solertia honorabilis viri Arnaldi Guillelmi de Brocario artis impressimo q[u]nge[n]tesimo decimo septimo me[n]sis Iulii die decimo.
Colophon, volume 5: Ad perpetuam laudem et gloriam dei [et] domini nostri Iesu Christi hoc sacrosanctum opus Noui testamenti [et] libri vite Grecis, Latinisq[ue] characteribus nouiter impressum atq[ue] studiosissime emendatum, felici fine absolutu[m] est in hac preclarissimi Co[m]plutensi Vniuersitate, de ma[n]dato [et] sumptibus reuerendissimi in christo patris [e]t illustrisimi d[omi]ni fratris Fra[n]cisci Ximenez de Cisneros ... industria [et] solertia honorabilis viri Arnaldi Guilielmi de Brocario artis impressorie magistri. Anno domini millesimo quingentesimo decimo quarto. Mensis Ianuarij die decimo.
Colophon, volume 6, leaf clxxij: Explicit vocabularium Hebaricum totus Veteris testamenti cum o[mn]ibus dictio[n]ibus Chaldaicis in eode[m] Veteri testeme[n]to co[n]tentis, nouiter i[m]pressu[m] in hac preclarissima Co[m]plutensi Vuniersitate. De ma[n]dato ac su[m]ptibus reuere[n]dissimi in [chisto] partris & d[omi]ni, d[omi]ni F. Francsici Ximenez de Cisneros ... industria & solerta honorabilis viri Arnaldi Guilielmi de Brocario artis impressorie magistri. Anno domini millesimo quingentesimo decimo quinto, mensis Marcii die decima septima.
Old Testament generally arranged as follows: Hebrew text in outside column (with Hebrew roots in the margin), Vulgate in the middle column & Septuagint in the inside column (with an interlinear Latin translation); in the Pentateuch the Chaldean paraphrase is added at the foot of the page (Chaldean roots in the margin). New Testament printed in two columns, Greek on the left & Vulgate on the right.
Signatures, volume 1: [maltese cross]⁸ a-2z⁶ 2[et]⁶ 2[con]⁸ ²a²; leaf [maltese cross]1 blank.
Signatures, volume 2: pi² a-2t⁶ 2v⁴ ²a².
Signatures, volume 3: 3a-3d⁶ 3e⁴ 3A-3B⁶ 3C⁴ 3D-3H⁶ 3I⁴ a-i⁶ K⁴ l-o⁶ p⁸ A-E⁶ F⁴ ²a²; leaves K4 and ²a2 blank.
Signatures, volume 4: a-2o⁶ p⁴ A-F⁶ G⁴ ²a².
Signatures, volume 5: a⁴ A-Q⁶ [alpha]⁶ R-2L⁶ 2M⁸ ²a-f⁶ g⁴ ³a¹⁰.
Signatures, volume 6: pi² A-2E⁶ 2F⁴ ²A-D⁶ ²E² ³A-B⁶ ³C⁴ a⁸; leaf ³C4 blank.
Title within decorative boarder; armorial title vignette (arms of Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros); initials; printer's devices.
Title pages to volumes 1-4, and 6 printed in red and black.
Includes index.
Includes errata.
Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, volume 2, pages 2-8, entry 1412
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| Summary: | The first polyglot Bible; begun in 1502, under the patronage and at the expense of Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros and edited by a team of scholars headed by Diego López de Zuñiga, the Complutensian bible was completed in 1517 and was likely not widely circulated until 1522 (the Papal sanction found in volume 1 is dated 22 March 1520).
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