I spent my first two blog posts developing the historical contexts of both a Clementine Vulgate Bible and an English Polyglot Bible, and now in this final post, I want to discuss the “human element” that composes an integral part of these Bibles as books. Before I begin, I want to preface my findings regarding …
It’s not time to ditch the onion analogy yet. In my last post, I ended my examination of the Vulgate with a brief glimpse of two popes in the historical scene of mid-eighteenth century Italy. Before I delve into the significance of Popes Sixtus V and Clement VIII, both of whom were mentioned on the …
“Now think of these Bibles as books, as objects…” The professor for my special topics art history class has already said this phrase many times this semester, yet I don’t think I grasped the full implications of his statement until recently. When studying Bibles, it is easy to understand the religious significance that Bibles inherently …