1566 Great Bible Page - An Old or New Testament Leaf - Select Your Passage

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NOTE

Neither the Coverdale Bible or the Matthew’s Bible were widely accepted by the church, in part due to the notes and features that bishops in England found objectionable. The Archbishop of Canterbury commissioned Coverdale to create the Great Bible—the first English Bible authorized for daily use in churches. King Henry VIII commanded that a copy of the Great Bible be placed in every church in England. The large folio Bible was often chained to the pulpit.

The Great Bible derives its popular name from its initial size, as Cromwell had ordered the setting up of the 'Holy Bible of the largest volume.' It is the only Bible to be 'authorised' in Britain. The Great Bible also brought the translation of the Bible in English to the people in a massive way - just three years after Tyndale's death. Although revised by Coverdale, the Great Bible remained largely Tyndale's work. Great Bibles were printed from 1539-1569.

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REFERENCES

Herbert 119; STC 2098.

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Old Testament

Genesis 8:21 – 11:17 (edges frayed, three woodcut initials)

Genesis 33:14 – 36:2 (three woodcut initials)

Exodus 8:20 - 10:12 (edge repaired with some loss, two woodcut initials)

Exodus 26:26 - 28:35 (two woodcut initials)

Exodus 28:36 - 30:15 (two woodcut initials)

Exodus 30:16 - 32:26 (two woodcut initials)

Exodus 32:27 - 34:28 (two woodcut initials)

Exodus 34:29 - 36:31 (two woodcut initials)

Exodus 36:32 - 39:3 (three woodcut initials)

Exodus 39:4 - 40:38 (one woodcut initial)

Leviticus 1:1 - 4:11 (four woodcut initials) 

Leviticus 4:12 – 6:12 (two woodcut initials)

Leviticus 6:13 – 8:13 (two woodcut initials)

Leviticus 8:14 – 10:15 (two woodcut initials)

Leviticus 10:16 – 13:9 (three woodcut initials)

Leviticus 13:10 – 14:18 (one woodcut initial)

Leviticus 14:19 – 15:31 (one woodcut initial)

Leviticus 15:32 – 18:4 (three woodcut initials)

Leviticus 20:10 – 22:25 (two woodcut initials)

Leviticus 22:26 – 24:21 (two woodcut initials)

Numbers 1:1 – 2:18 (two woodcut initials)

Numbers 2:19 – 4:5 (two woodcut initials)

Numbers 4:6 – 5:19 (one woodcut initial)

Numbers 7:18 – 8:26 (one woodcut initial)

Numbers 9:1 – 11:3 (three woodcut initials)

Numbers 11:4 – 13:23 (two woodcut initials)

Numbers 13:24 – 16:8 (three woodcut initials)

Numbers 16:9 – 18:31 (two woodcut initials)

Numbers 18:32 – 21:4 (three woodcut initials)

Numbers: 21:5 – 22:32 (one woodcut initial)

Numbers 22:33 – 25:4 (three woodcut initials)

Numbers 25:5 – 26:58 (one woodcut initial)

Number 26:59 – 29:2 (three woodcut initials)

Numbers 31:13 – 32:31 (one woodcut initial)

Numbers 32:32 – 34:19 (two woodcut initials)

Numbers 34:20 – 36:13 (two woodcut initials)

Deuteronomy 1:1 – 2:15 (two woodcut initials)

Deuteronomy 14:27 – 17:9 (three woodcut initials)

Deuteronomy 17:10 – 20:4 (three woodcut initials) 

Deuteronomy 20:5 – 22:22 (two woodcut initials)

Deuteronomy 22:23 – 25:5 (three woodcut initials)

Deuteronomy 25:6 – 28:7 (three woodcut initials)

Deuteronomy 28:8 – 28:68

Deuteronomy 29:1 – 31:7 (two woodcut initials)

1 Samuel 4:4 – 6:21 (two woodcut initials)

1 Samuel 12:5 - 14:8 (two woodcut initials)

1 Samuel 18:18 – 20:21 (two woodcut initials)

1 Samuel 20:22 – 22:18 (two woodcut initials)

1 Samuel 22:19 – 25:1 (three woodcut initials)

1 Samuel 25:2 – 26:12 (one woodcut initial)

1 Samuel 26:13 – 29:2 (three woodcut initials)

1 Samuel 29:3 – 31:13 (two woodcut initials)

2 Samuel 1:1 – 2:32 (two woodcut initials)

2 Samuel 3:1 – 5:6 (three woodcut initials)

2 Samuel 5:7 – 7:18 (two woodcut initials)

2 Samuel 7:19 – 10:14 (three woodcut initials)

2 Samuel 10:15 – 12:24 (two woodcut initials)

2 Samuel 12:25 – 14:12 (two woodcut initials)

2 Samuel 14:13 – 15:34 (one woodcut initial)

2 Samuel 15:35 – 17:28 (two woodcut initials)

2 Samuel 17:29 – 19:17 (two woodcut initials)

2 Samuel 21:2 – 22:51 (small corner chip without loss, one woodcut initial)

2 Samuel 23:1 – 24:25 (two woodcut initials)

1 Kings 7:25 – 8:35 (one woodcut initial)

1 Kings 8:36 – 9:22 (one woodcut initial)

1 Kings 9:23 – 11:24 (two woodcut initials)

1 Kings 11:25 – 12:33 (one woodcut initial)

1 Kings 13:1 – 14:22 (two woodcut initials)

1 Kings 14:23 – 16:19 (two woodcut initials)

1 Kings 16:20 – 18:24 (two woodcut initials)

1 Kings 18:25 -20:12 (two woodcut initials)

1 Kings 20:13 – 21:22 (one woodcut initial)

1 Kings 21:23 – 22:53 (one woodcut initial)

2 Kings 3:7 – 4:35 (one woodcut initial)

2 Kings 4:36 – 6:18 (two woodcut initials)

2 Kings 6:19 – 8:13 (two woodcut initials)

2 Kings 8:14 – 10:4 (two woodcut initials)

2 Kings 10:5 – 11:21 (one woodcut initial)

2 Kings 12:1 – 14:10 (three woodcut initials)

2 Kings 14:11 – 16:3 (two woodcut initials)

2 Kings 16:4 - 17:40 (one woodcut initial)

2 Kings 17:40 – 19:16 (two woodcut initials)

2 Kings 19:17 – 21:11 (two woodcut initials)

2 Kings 21:12 – 23:12 (two woodcut initials)

2 Kings 23:13 – 25:5 (two woodcut initials)

2 Kings 25:6 – 1 Chronicles 1:54 (one woodcut initial)

1 Chronicles 2:1 – 4:24 (three woodcut initials)

1 Chronicles 4:25 – 6:38 (two woodcut initials)

1 Chronicles 6:39 – 7:40 (one woodcut initial)

1 Chronicles 8:1 – 10:11 (three woodcut initials)

1 Chronicles 10:12 – 12:23 (two woodcut initials)

1 Chronicles 12:24 – 15:23 (three woodcut initials)

1 Chronicles 15:24 – 17:22 (two woodcut initials)

1 Chronicles 17:23 – 21:4 (four woodcut initials)

1 Chronicles 21:5 – 23:14 (two woodcut initials)

1 Chronicles 23:15 – 26:5 (three woodcut initials)

2 Chronicles 21:16 – 24:9 (three woodcut initials)

2 Chronicles 24:10 – 26:2 (two woodcut initials)

2 Chronicles 26:3 – 28:23 (two woodcut initials)

2 Chronicles 28:24 – 30:12 (two woodcut initials)

2 Chronicles 30:13 – 32:14 (two woodcut initials)

2 Chronicles 32:15 – 34:8 (two woodcut initials)

2 Chronicles 35:26 – Ezra 2:32 (three woodcut initials)

Ezra 2:33 – 4:13 (two woodcut initials)

Ezra 4:14 – 6:22 (two woodcut initials)

Ezra 8:35 – Ezra 10:44 (two woodcut initials)

Nehemiah 7:71 – 9:24 (two woodcut initials)

Nehemiah 9:25 – 11:13 (two woodcut initials)

Nehemiah 11:14 – Esther 2:1 (two woodcut initials)

Esther 2:2 – 4:8 (two woodcut initials)

Esther 8:5 – 10:3 (one woodcut initial)

Job 4:1 – 7:9 (three woodcut initials)

Job 10:17 – 14:5 (three woodcut initials)

Job 14:6 – 17:9 (three woodcut initials)

Job 17:10 – 21:9 (four woodcut initials)

Job 21:10 – 24:17 (three woodcut initials)

Job 24:18 – 29:9 (five woodcut initials)

Job 29:10 – 32:2 (three woodcut initials)

Job 32:3 – 34:37 (two woodcut initials)

Job 35:1 – 38:16 (four woodcut initials)

Isaiah 27:6 – 29:13 (two woodcut initials)

Isaiah 29:14 – 31:4 (edge repair with loss of two verse, two woodcut initials)

Isaiah 31:5 – 34:8 (three woodcut initials)

Isaiah 37:11 – 39:3 (three woodcut initials)

Isaiah 48:20 – 51:8 (three woodcut initials)

Isaiah 63:14 – 66:5 (three woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 2:13 – 3:23 (one woodcut initial)

Jeremiah 3:24 – 5:19 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 7:17 – 9:10 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 9:11 – 11:10 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 11:11 – 13:20 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 13:21 – 15:21 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 16:1 – 18:10 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 18:11 – 21:4 (three woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 21:5 – 23:16 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 23:17 – 25:26 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 25:27 – 27:15 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 27:16 – 29:29 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 29:30 – 31:29 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 32:44 – 35:3 (three woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 35:4 – 36:32 (one woodcut initial)

Jeremiah 37:1 – 39:6 (three woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 39:7 – 42:3 (three woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 42:4 – 44:17 (two woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 44:18 – 48:1 (four woodcut initials)

Jeremiah 48:2 – 49:18 (one woodcut initial)

Jeremiah 49:19 – 50:35 (one woodcut initial)

Jeremiah 50:36 – 51:46 (one woodcut initial)

Jeremiah 51:47 – 52:34 (one woodcut initial)

Ezekiel 8:1 – 10:19 (three woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 10:20 – 13:4 (three woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 13:5 – 16:3 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 16:4 – 16:61

Ezekiel 16:62 – 18:32 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 19:1 – 20:43 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 20:44 – 22:23 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 22:24 – 24:2 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 24:3 – 26:15 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 26:16 – 28:21 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 28:22 – 31:2 (three woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 31:3 – 33:2 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 33:3 – 34:24 (one woodcut initial)

Ezekiel 34:25 – 36:33 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 36:34 – 38:22 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 38:23 – 40:28 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 40:29 – 42:14 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 42:15 – 44:22 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 44:23 – 46:20 (two woodcut initials)

Ezekiel 46:21 – 48:30 (two woodcut initials)

Daniel 2:30 – 3:28 (one woodcut initial)

Daniel 3:29 – 5:7 (two woodcut initials)

Daniel 5:8 – 6:27 (one woodcut initial)

Daniel 10:18 – 12:1 (two woodcut initials)

Lamentations 1:1 – 2:18 (two woodcut initials and a headpiece)

Lamentations 2:19 – 4:20 (two woodcut initials)

Hosea 8:1 – 11:11 (four woodcut initials)

Joel 3:21 – Amos 4:10 (four woodcut initials)

Amos 4:11 – 7:17 (three woodcut initials)

Amos 8:1 – Obadiah (three woodcut initials)

Micah 5:6 – Nahum 1:11 (three woodcut initials)

Nahum 1:12 – Habakkuk 2:2 (four woodcut initials)

Habakkuk 2:3 – Zephaniah 1:18 (two woodcut initials)

Zephaniah 2:1 - Zechariah 2:13 (two woodcut initials)

Zechariah 3:1 – 7:9 (five woodcut initials)

Zechariah 7:10 – 10:9 (three woodcut initials)

Zechariah 10:10 – 14:5 (four woodcut initials)

Zechariah 14:6 – Malachi 2:17 (two woodcut initials and a headpiece)

New Testament

Matthew 12:25 – 13:46 (small open tear, one woodcut initial)

Matthew 13:47 – 15:33 (lightly stained, remargined, two woodcut initials)

Mark 8:15 – 9:50 (one woodcut initial)

Luke 19:37 – 21:23 (lightly stained, two woodcut initials)

Acts 9:17 – 10:46 (one woodcut initial)

Acts 13:9 – 14:25 (one woodcut initial)

Acts 18:17 – 20:11 (two woodcut initials)

Acts 20:12 – 21:40 (one woodcut initial)

Acts 22:1 – 23:33 (two woodcut initials)

Acts 23:34 – 26:7 (three woodcut initials)