1549 Matthews-Tyndale Bible Page - An Old Testament Leaf - Select Your Passage

[1549 reprint of the 1537 Matthew’s Bible] “The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are cotayned the Olde and New Testamente, truly & purely traslated into English, & nowe lately with The Byble, That is to say all the hoy Scripture: in whuch are contnayned the Olde and New Testamente…

NOTE

William Tyndale (1494-1536) began to craft a new English translation of the Bible in 1524. Armed with Erasmus’ Greek New Testament and Luther’s German text, he completed his English translation of the New Testament in just one year. The printing shop was raided, forcing him to begin anew and he released a smaller version in 1526.

While working on his Old Testament translation, Tyndale was betrayed and arrested. He was convicted of heresy, strangled, and burned at the stake. His last words were: “Lord, open the king of England’s eyes.”

Within a year his prayers were answered. His colleague Miles Coverdale (1488-1568) completed the first English translation of the Bible in 1535.

John Rogers (1505-1555) worked on a translation that used Tyndale’s work, completing the Old Testament based upon the Hebrew text. This version was first released in 1537 under the pseudonym of Thomas Matthew. This Bible is known as the Matthew's Bible or the Tyndale-Matthew Bible and welds together the best work of Tyndale and Coverdale. According to Herbert, this version is generally considered to be the primary version of our English Bible. Rogers would be burned at the stake during the reign of Bloody Mary.

These specific leaves originate from a 1549 reprint of the 1537 Matthew's Bible with the notes revised by Edmund Becke.

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REFERENCES

Herbert 74; STC 2077.

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Old Testament

Genesis (all Genesis leaves are stained)

Genesis 8:7 - 11:6 (woodcut initials: 3 and a small woodcut of Noah and his sons)

Genesis 30:20 - 31:55 (woodcut initials: 1)

Genesis 46:12 - 48:14 (woodcut initials: 2)

Prologue - Exodus 2:13 (woodcut initials: 3 – two leaves)

Exodus (all Exodus leaves are stained)

Exodus 7:10 - 9:18 (woodcut initials: 2)

Exodus 9:19 - 12:4 (woodcut initials: 3)

Exodus 23:20 - 26:9 (woodcut initials: 3)

Exodus 28:27 - 30:6 (woodcut initials: 2)

Exodus 30:6 - 32:21 (woodcut initials: 2; small loss to top corner, remargined)

Leviticus (all Leviticus Leaves are Stained)

Leviticus 4:8 - 6:20 (woodcut initials: 2)

Leviticus 6:20 - 8:25 (woodcut initials: 2)

Leviticus 8:25 - 11:21 (woodcut initials: 3)

Leviticus 11:22 - 13:36 (woodcut initials: 2)

Leviticus 13:36 - 14:47 (woodcut initials: 1)

Leviticus 14:48 - 16:29 (woodcut initials: 2)

Leviticus 19:20 - 21:23 (woodcut initials: 2)

Leviticus 21:24 - 23:38 (woodcut initials: 2)

Leviticus 23:38 - 25:41 (woodcut initials: 2)

Leviticus 25:41 - 26:46 (woodcut initials: 1)

Leviticus 28 - Prologue - Numbers 1:40 (woodcut initials: 3 – three leaves)

Numbers 9:1 - 11:5 (woodcut initials: 3)

Numbers 13:27 - 16:39 (woodcut initials: 1)

Numbers 21:26 - 23:26 (woodcut initials: 2)

Numbers 23:27 - 26:28 (woodcut initials: 3)

Numbers 26:28 - 28:16 (woodcut initials: 2)

Numbers 28:16 - 31:9 (woodcut initials: 3)

Numbers 31:9 - 32:42 (woodcut initials: 1)

Numbers 35:23 - Prologue - Deuteronomy 1:13 (woodcut initials: 3 – two leaves)

Deuteronomy 12:17 - 15: 2 (woodcut initials: 3)

Deuteronomy 15:2 - 17:20 (woodcut initials: 2)

Deuteronomy 18:1 - 20:20 (woodcut initials:3)

Deuteronomy 21:1 - 23:13 (woodcut initials: 3)

Deuteronomy 23:13 - 26:6 (woodcut initials: 3)

Deuteronomy 28:36 - 30:5 (woodcut initials: 2)

Joshua 7:25 - 9:26 (woodcut initials: 2; leaf is lightly stained)

Judges 9:18 - 11:18 (woodcut initials: 2)

Judges 11:18 - 14:4 (woodcut initials: 3)

1 Samuel 7:4 - 10:3 (woodcut initials: 3 and a small woodcut of the Anointing of Saul)

1 Samuel 13:6 - 14:52 (woodcut initials: 1)

1 Samuel 18:25 - 20:40 (woodcut initials: 2)

1 Samuel 23:23 - 25:38 (woodcut initials: 2)

1 Samuel 25:38 - 28:20 (woodcut initials: 3)

2 Samuel 9:7 - 12:10 (woodcut initials: 3 and small torn woodcut of David and Bathsheba)

2 Samuel 12:10 - 14:10 (woodcut initials: 2)

2 Samuel 14:10 - 16:5 (woodcut initials: 2)

2 Samuel 16:5 - 18:18 (woodcut initials: 2)

1 Kings 1:1 - 2:4 (woodcut initials: 2)

1 Kings 11:21 - 13:9 (woodcut initials: 2)

1 Kings 13:10 - 15:15 (woodcut initials: 2)

1 Kings 15:16 - 17:19 (woodcut initials: 2)

1 Kings 21:19 - 2 Kings 1:5 (woodcut initials: 2)

2 Kings 3:21 - 5:18 (woodcut initials: 2)

2 Kings 5:18 - 7:20 (woodcut initials: 2)

2 Kings 8:1 - 9:34 (woodcut initials: 2)

2 Kings 9:35 - 12:4 (woodcut initials: 3)

2 Kings 12:4 - 14:25 (woodcut initials: 2)

2 Kings 14:25 - 17:7 (woodcut initials: 3)

2 Kings 17:7 - 18:30 (woodcut initials: 1)

2 Kings 25:18 - 1 Chronicles 25:23 (woodcut initials: 2)

1 Chronicles 28:6 - 2 Chronicles 1:9 (woodcut initials: 2)

2 Chronicles 1:10 - 5:2 (woodcut initials: 4)

2 Chronicles 7:8 - 10:4 (woodcut initials: 2; doodles in margin)

2 Chronicles 10:5 - 13:16 (woodcut initials: 3)

2 Chronicles 13:16 - 17:15 (woodcut initials: 4)

2 Chronicles 17:16 - 20:19 (woodcut initials: 3)

2 Chronicles 20:19 - 23:13 (woodcut initials: 3)

2 Chronicles 23:13 - 25:23 (woodcut initials: 2)

2 Chronicles 25:23 - 28:27 (woodcut initials: 3)

Ezra 2:1 - 4:12 (woodcut initials: 2)

Ezra 4:12 - 7:13 (woodcut initials: 3)

Ezra 7:13 - 9:14 (woodcut initials: 2)

Ezra 9:14 - Nehemiah 2:10 (woodcut initials: 2)

Nehemiah 2:13 - 5:8 (woodcut initials: 3)

Nehemiah 12:8 - 13:31 (woodcut initials: 1)

Esther 3:9 - 7:6 (woodcut initials: 4)

Esther 7:6 - 10:3 (woodcut initials: 3)

Job 6:22 - 9:35 (woodcut initials: 3)

Job 10:1 - 13:16 (woodcut initials: 3)

Job 13:17 - 16:13 (woodcut initials: 3)

Job 20:17 - 24:12 (woodcut initials: 4)

Job 29:15 - 32:11 (woodcut initials: 3)

Jeremiah 5:6 - 7:9 (woodcut initials: 2; some underlining and notations)

Jeremiah 7:9 - 9:8 (woodcut initials: 2; some underlining)

Jeremiah 21:13 - 23:18 (woodcut initials: 3)

Jeremiah 23:18 - 25:30 (woodcut initials: 2)

Jeremiah 32:1 - 33:13 (woodcut initials: 2)

Jeremiah 33:13 - 36:3 (woodcut initials: 3)

Jeremiah 36:3 - 38:6 (woodcut initials: 2)

Jeremiah 44:8 - 46:27 (woodcut initials: 2)

Jeremiah 46:27 - 48:47 (woodcut initials: 2)

Jeremiah 49:1 - 50:19 (woodcut initials: 2; writing in margin)

Jeremiah 50:19 - 51:37 (woodcut initials: 1)

Jeremiah 51:37 - 52:17 (woodcut initials: 1)

Ezekiel 1:27 - 4:14 (woodcut initials: 3)

Ezekiel 4:15 - 7:22 (woodcut initials: 3)

Ezekiel 10:8 - 13:12 (woodcut initials: 3)

Ezekiel 13:13 - 16:17 (woodcut initials: 3)

Ezekiel 16:17 - 17:13 (woodcut initials: 1)

Ezekiel 17:13 - 19:11 (woodcut initials: 2; small tear to bottom margin)

Ezekiel 19:11 - 21:12 (woodcut initials: 2)

Ezekiel 23:19 - 25:11 (woodcut initials: 2, writing in margin)

Ezekiel 25:11 - 28:9 (woodcut initials: 3)

Ezekiel 28:9 - 30:26 (woodcut initials: 2)

Ezekiel 31:1 - 33:8 (woodcut initials: 3)

Joel 3:28 - Amos 3:10 (woodcut initials: 4)

Amos 7:15 – Obadiah (woodcut initials: 3)

4 Esdras (woodcut initials: 2 and a small woodcut)

Judith 11 -14 (woodcut initials: 3 and a small woodcut)

Esther 10 - Wisdom 3 (woodcut initials: 2 and a small woodcut)

Wisdom 19 - Syrach 1 (woodcut initials: 2 and a small woodcut)

Syrach - Baruch 2 (woodcut initials: 3)

Book of Susanna (woodcut initials: 1)

1 Maccabees (woodcut initials: 2)