The Holy Bible

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A family Bible with a black leather cover and gold stamped decorations. The full title page reads, "THE / HOLY BIBLE / CONTAINING THE / Old and New Testaments / TRANSLATED OUT OF / THE ORIGINAL TONGUES / AND WITH / THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED / WITH / A History and Facsimile of the Ancient Manuscripts / THE TEXT CONFORMABLE TO THAT OF THE REVISION OF 1611, COMMONLY CALLED THE AUTHORIZED VERSION." Inside the Bible are pages printed in black ink text interspersed with color plates and etchings printed on coated paper with gold stamped into it. Pre-printed pages near the center of the bound volume contain handwritten information with names, birth dates, and death dates of members of the Ellis family, with additional family information recorded on blank pages at the back of the volume. The front and back cover are stamped with the text [HOLY / BIBLE] in gold.

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