Starting with the Italian bible, in a previous post I asked the question of why has this book been rebound with these two sections in particular. Without looking closely at the pages themselves, it could be supposed that when the bible was originally taken apart, it was one section of pages bound together and was …
Taking a break from the Plaskitt Bible, the other “bible” that I chose to work on is not a complete bible at all. It is only I Corinthians and II Corinthians that were taken out of the original binding and rebound together. When you first see it, it is underwhelming. It is a thin, plain …
At Loyola Notre Dame Library, in the collection of rare books, there are many bibles that have long histories. One of those bibles is the Plaskitt Bible. Before I go into the history of the family that owned the book, I want to talk about its physical attributes. This bible has a dark brown leather …