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In the beginning : bibles before the year 1000

Title
In the beginning : bibles before the year 1000 / Michelle Brown, editor.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Brown, Michelle (Michelle P.)
  • Freer Gallery of Art.
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Description
360 p.; 27 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Acknowledgements -- Foreword from the Freer Gallery of art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Foreword from the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford -- Introduction by Michelle Brown -- Charles Lang Freer as collector of biblical manuscripts by Ann Gunter -- The journey of the text -- Chronology -- Map -- Catalogue -- Discovering the Bible -- Scroll and codex -- The earliest Hebrew scriptures -- The earliest Christian scriptures -- Formation and codification : the evolution of the Bible -- From Babel to Pentecost : sacred languages and the vernaculars -- Spreading the Word -- The single-volume Bible -- The book as desert, the scribe as evangelist -- From eastern deserts to western isles -- Early Christian Britain and Ireland -- Book as icon -- Reference catalogue -- Manuscripts and lenders in the exhibition -- Glossary and who's who.
Call Number
JFF 08-251
ISBN
  • 9781588342409 (hardcover)
  • 1588342409 (hardcover)
  • 9780934686037 (pbk.)
  • 0934686033 (pbk.)
LCCN
2006020112
OCLC
70174887
Title
In the beginning : bibles before the year 1000 / Michelle Brown, editor.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author
Brown, Michelle (Michelle P.)
Freer Gallery of Art.
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Research Call Number
JFF 08-251
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