Biblia sacra
Subtitle: quid in hac editione a theologis Louaniensibus præstitum sit, eorum præfatio indicat
Publisher: Ex officina Christophori Plantini
Published: 1583
Place of publication: Antuerpiæ
Language: lat
Number of pages: 1200
Work titles: Bible Latin Vulgate 1583
Notes: A new edition of the revised edition, first published 1574, of the Louvain edition of the Vulgate Latin Bible (originally published 1547, edited by J. Henten). The 1574 edition was "prepared by Franciscus Lucas Brugensis, with the help of Johannes Molanus, Augustinus Hunnæus, Cornelius Goudanus, and Johannes Harlemius" (D. & M.) The work is stated to have been done "ex mandato facultatis ... Theologicæ", sc. of Louvain (see last page of N.T.) Notes are here included at the end which were promised in the preface of the 1574 edition, but not published there.

Principal contents: p. [3]-[8], prefaces to the revised Louvain edition; p. [9]-[15], prefaces by Jerome; p. [17]-[1200], Bible text, followed by index of O.T. passages referred to in the N.T. (3 p.); p. 1-117, "Notationes in Sacra Biblia". -- Illustrated with engravings.

The Bible text includes marginal references and notes of variant readings. Printed in 2 columns. The text is not divided into verses (except in poetical books), but the verse numbers are given in the central margin.

Illustrated chiefly by Petrus van der Borcht, Johan Wierix, Pieter Huys, Abraham de Bruyn, and Crispin van den Broeck.

Voet, L. Plantin press (1555-1589), 690

Adams B1089

Bound in late 17th c. gilt red morocco, gilt and gauffered edges, Dutch gilt endpapers (hinges cracked, worn).