Cy cōmence la bible en frācoys
Subtitle: Et premierement. Cōment dieu crea la ciel et la terre
Contributors: Marchant, Guy, attributed printer
Series: Incunabula -- BC 17
Publisher: Antoine Vérard
Published: 1488
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Translated from: lat; heb; arc; grc
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Paraphrases; Early works to 1800; Versions; Theology; Bible
Other titles: Cy commence la bible en francoys.; Bible en francoys.; Biblia: Vetus Testamentum (Compendium) [French]; Biblia: Vetus Testamentum (Compendium) [French] La bible en francois.; Bible en franc̦ois.; Bible en franc̦ais.; Les sept âges du monde.
Work titles: Bible French Bible Historiale 1488?
Notes: Title from incipit.

An edition of the "Bible Historiale". Similar to Van Eys no. 5, but apparently a distinct edition. Also distinct from Proctor +7979 (in Bodleian) and Pellechet 2360. Listed in Pettigrew: "Bibliotheca Sussexiania."

Imprint from filmer's introductory frame on fiche 1, with note: "Assigned to Vérard and dated by Sheppard. Not Pellechet 2360, despite the hand-written identification in the reprint with Proctor 7979 and his attribution to Guy Marchant."

Dated ca. 1487 by Chambers.

"The text is a paraphrase of the historical parts of the Old Testament, with the book of Job as a conclusion, and is followed by Les sept âges du monde (BMC)"--filmer's introductory frame on fiche 1.

Description: 1 p blank, on verso cut (209 x 143mm) of God, seated, with right hand raised, left hand holding an open book with the words "Ego sum alpha et o", feet on a globe surmounted by a cross, the whole enclosed by a diamond border, with the symbols and names of the four evangelists in the outer corners. Text, 188ff, ending on R 5 a with the words "Cy finist ce present liure", on verso cut (212 x 144mm) of the crucifixion with two supporting figures, enclosed in a double border. g 4 b and g 5 a are blank, and the missing text is supplied in manuscript on an extra leaf inserted in the binding.

Signatures: a-z⁸, &⁶

Sheppard, 6246-48.

ISTC, ib00648750.

Chambers, B.T. French Bibles, 9.

Bodleian Library, Oxford University [Auct. 2 Q 3.20 (imperfect)] Oxford England enk.

In French.