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I. Pentateuchus, Josua, Liber Iudicum, Ruth, 1565.

Record ID cp012186
Voet reference number682
Museum Plantin-Moretus c:lvd:1077758, c:lvd:3252890, c:lvd:959189, c:lvd:818521
Uniform title BIBLE: Editions in Latin
Title page transcriptionBIBLIA, ‖ Ad vetustissima exem- ‖ plaria castigata. ‖ Quid in horum Bibliorum castigatione præsti- ‖ tum sit, subsequens præfatio latiùs indicabit. ‖ PENTATEVCHVS MOYSI. ‖ IOSVE. ‖ LIBER IVDICVM. ‖ RVTH. ‖ ⊕ 18 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ - ‖ M.D.LXV. ‖ CVM PRIVILEGIO.
Collation16mo [90]: *⁸, q⁸, A-Z⁸, a-r⁸; folios [1r-16v], 1r-320v (Errors: 82 ? for 98, 300 for 199, 300 for 200)
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Pages[1r]: Title [1v]: Privilege (Brussels, 20 January 1558, signed by Ph. de Lens) [2r-4v]: F. Iohannis Hentenii Nechliniensis in Biblia Lovanii anno MDXLVII excusa atque castigata, praefatio [5r-5v]: Ordo librorum Veteris Testamenti (parts on two columns, words in Hebrew), Ordo librorum Novi Testamenti [6r-8r]: Hieronymi prologus Galeatus (words in Hebrew) [8r-16r]: Epistola Sancti Hieronymi ad Paulinum…(marginals in italic type) [16v]: Blank 1r-320r: Text (marginals in italic type) 320v: EXCVDEBAT ANTVERPIAE ‖ CHRISTOPHORVS PLAN- ‖ TINVS XVIII. AVGVSTI. ‖ ANNO M.D.LXIIII
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CopiesKU Leuven- Maurits Sabbe Library, P22.053.2 BIJB 1565UNamur- R4Z.0105-0109- R4Z.0110- R4Z.0111- R4Z.0112- R4Z.0113
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II. Regum IIII, Paralipomenon II, Esdrae IIII, Tobiae I, Judith I, Esther I, Job I, 1564.

Title page transcriptionLIBRI ‖ REGVM, IIII. ‖ PARALIPOMENON, II. ‖ ESDRAE, IIII. ‖ TOBIAE, I. ‖ IVDITH, I. ‖ ESTHER, I. ‖ IOB, I. ‖ ⊕ 15 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ - ‖ M.D.LXIIII.
Collation16mo [90]: a-z⁸, A-Z⁸, aa-ff⁸, gg⁲; folios 1r-418v
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Pages[1r]: Title [1v]-418r: Text (words in greek type, marginals in italic type) 418r: EXCVDEBAT ANTVERPIAE ‖ CHRISTOPHORVS PLAN- ‖ TINVS III. OCTOBRIS. ‖ ANNO M.D.LXIIII 418v: Blank
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CopiesKU Leuven- Maurits Sabbe Library, PN00507
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III. Psalmorum liber, 1564.

Title page transcriptionPSALMORVM ‖ LIBER. ‖ ⊕ 12 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ - ‖ M.D.LXIIII.
Collation16mo [89]: A-M⁸; folios 1r-90v (= for 92v), [93r-96v] (Errors: 25 for 33, 27 for 35, 29 for 37, 31 for 39, 63-64-63-64: meaning that from first 64 foliation too low by 2 units)
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Pages[1r]: Title [1v]: Prologus B. Hieronymi in Psalterium, quod secundum Septuaginta editionem correxit 2r-90r (= for 92r): Text (parts in italic type, marginals in roman type and italic type) 90v (= for 92v)-[95v]: Indices (italic type) [96r]: EXCVDEBAT ANTVERPIAE ‖ CHRISTOPHORVS PLAN- ‖ TINVS XIX. OCTOBRIS. ‖ ANNO M.D.LXIIII [96v]: Blank
VariantsA) Errors in foliation: 25 for 33; 27 for 35; 29 for 37; 31 for 39; 63-64-63-64 (Museum Plantin-Moretus, A 202). B) Most of the errors corrected; remains: 63-64-63-64 (Museum Plantin-Moretus, R 61.10 III).
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CopiesKU Leuven- Special Collections, RA50639
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Online bibliographical references Biblia Sacra 1564.Ps.frm.CP.a
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IV. Proverbia, Ecclesiastes et Cantica Canticorum Salomonis; Liber Sapientiae, 1564.

Title page transcriptionPROVERBIA, ‖ ECCLESIASTES, ET ‖ CANTICA CANTICORUM ‖ SALOMONIS. ‖ Liber Sapientiæ. Ecclesiasticus Iesu filij Sirach. ‖ ⊕ 13 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ - ‖ M.D.LXIIII.
Collation16mo [89]: a-o⁸, p⁴; folios 1r-124v (= for 116v) (Errors: 9-16 omitted, meaning that from folio 17 foliation too high by 8 units)
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Pages[1r]: Title [1v]: Hieronymi praefatio in libros Salomonis 2r-124v (= for 116v): Text (marginals in italic type)
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Online bibliographical references Biblia Sacra 1564.Eccl.frm.CP.a
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V. Prophetae, 1564.

Title page transcriptionPROPHETAE, ‖ ISAIAS, ‖ IEREMIAS, ‖ BARVCH, ‖ EZECHIEL, ‖ DANIEL, ‖ CVM ‖ Duodecim aliis minoribus. ‖ ⊕ 13 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ - ‖ M.D.LXIIII.
Collation16mo [90]: A-Z⁸, a-y⁸, z⁴; folios 1r-364v (Errors: 351 for 349)
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Pages[1r]: Title [1v]-364r: Text (words in greek type, marginals in italic type; each book preceded by a praefatio and argumentum) 364v: EXCVDEBAT ANTVERPIAE ‖ CHRISTOPHORVS PLAN- ‖ TINVS XVII. IANVARII. ‖ ANNO M.D.LXV
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CopiesKU Leuven- Maurits Sabbe Library, PN00165;PN00502
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VI. Novum Iesu Christi Testamentum, 1564.

Title page transcriptionNOVVM IESV ‖ CHRISTI TESTA- ‖ MENTVM. ‖ ⊕ 13 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ - ‖ M.D.LXIIII.
Collation16mo [89]: a-z⁸, A-S⁸; folios 1r-316v, [317r-328v]
Fingerprint156416 - # 1b1 a2 it,$ : # 1b2 z5 og - # 2b1 A r : # 2b2 S5 o
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Pages[1r]: Title [1v]-3r: Extracts from Hieronymus 3v-316r: Text (marginals in italic type, words in greek type) [316v-323r]: Index Epistolarum et Evangeliorum quae e Veteri et Novo Testamento excerptae, in templis…leguntur…(parts in italic type) [323v-328r]: Epistolae quae ex Veteri Testamento toto anno in sancta Ecclesia diebus festis leguntur (parts in italic type) [328r]: Extract from Iosua [328v]: EXCVDEBAT CHRISTOPHO- ‖ RVS PLANTINVS ANTVER- ‖ PIAE, M.D.LXIIII. XI. KA- ‖ LEND. IANVARII
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CopiesMuseum Plantin-Moretus: - 8 902
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VI bis. Novum Iesu Christi Testamentum: Appendix, 1565.

Title page transcription[Heading:] INDEX RERVM ET SEN- ‖ TENTIARVM VETERIS Ac ‖ noui Testamenti…
Collation16mo [94]: T-Z⁸, &⁸, '⁸; folios [1r-56v]
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Pages[1r]: Heading [1r-56v]: Text [56v]: EXCVDEBAT ANTVERPIAE ‖ CHRISTOPHORVS PLAN- ‖ TINVS XXIX. IANVARII. ‖ ANNO M.D. LXV
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Copies1) Biblia - 6 vols.Museum Plantin-Moretus - R 61.10KBR Royal Library of BelgiumKB National Library of the NetherlandsBiblioteca Nacional de España2) Vol. 2 also: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma3) Vols. 3 and 4: also Museum Plantin-Moretus - A 2024) Vol. 6 also: Museum Plantin-Moretus - R 5.27Ruusbroec Institute LibraryGhent University LibraryBritish Library LondonVatican Apolstolic Library
Bibliographical referencesRuelens-de Backer, page 41 (1564, no. 21) [cf. also Ruelens-de Backer, page 42 (1564, no. 28: Psalmorum liber) and page 41 (1564, no. 22: 'Le livre des psaumes de la version des docteurs de Louvain' being in fact the Latin edition of the Psalmorum liber quoted under no. 28)] Masch, III, page 227 and page 266 Bib. catholica Neerlandica impressa, no. 2910
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Note 1Contains in fact not 6 but 7 volumes (Hebraea, Chaldaea, Graeca et Latina nomina…quae in Bibliis sparsa leguntur, 1565 [described sub no. 1750] must be considered to be the last volume of this edition) and an appendix which presents itself as a continuation of the New Testament (Index rerum et sententiarum Veteris ac Novi Testamenti).
Note 2The cost-accounting note in Arch. 4, folio 71, gives the dates of printing (or more precisely the dates on which the wages for composing and printing are entered) of the different volumes as follows: Vol. 1: 9 July-19 August 1564 'Excepté le premier cahier' (not specified when this first quire was later printed); Vol. 2: 26 August-6 October 1564; Vol. 3: 6 October-21 October 1564; Vol. 4: 14 October-4 November 1564; Vol. 5: 4 November 1564-21 January 1565; Vol. 6: 10 November 1564-24 December 1564; Appendix of vol. 6: 21-27 December 1564; Vol. 7: 21 January-24 February 1565. The dates on which the printing was finished are given in the colophons of the different volumes as follows: Vol. 1: 18 August 1564; Vol. 2: 3 October 1564; Vol. 3: 19 October 1564; Vol. 4: -; Vol. 5: 17 January 1565; Vol. 6: 22 December 1564; Vol. 6 bis: 29 January 1565.
Note 3The note in Arch. 4, folio 71, details the numbers of copies printed: 1,250 for vols. 1, 2, 5; 2,500 for vols. 3, 4, 6 and 7.
Note 4Other cost-accounting details in Arch. 4, folio 71: 'Biblia in 16⁰ par demyes feilles d'affustage'. Paper: 222 'signatures ou cahiers qui sont 111 feilles a 1250 lentiere Bible'. But, as part of the edition had been printed at 2,500 copies, for the 27 quires of Psalterium and Proverbia (vols. 3 and 4) 27 sheets more were needed, for the 41 quires of the Novum Testamentum (vol. 6) 20½ sheets, for the 14 quires of the Interpretatio nom[inum] Hebr. (vol. 7) 7 sheets. In all 152 sheets, making 396 reams; at 1 florins Carolus guilders 3 stuivers pcr ream: 465 florins Carolus guilders 6 stuivers Wages for composing and printing: 194 florins Carolus guilders 15 stuivers Total: 660 florins Carolus guilders 1 stuivers Plantin doesn't determine the cost-price per copy for the whole Bible but specifies that the additional copies of the New Testament were to be counted at 1½ stuivers per copy, the Psalterium and the Proverbia at ½ stuivers each, and the Index [= Interpretatio nominum Hebr.] at ¾ stuivers
Note 5Listed in M 164, folio 4r, and M 296, folio 2r: 'Biblia lata in 16. continet f[euilles] 114 1/8, [price:] 1 florins Carolus guilders (subdivided: vol. 1: 21 feuilles; vol. 2: 26 1/8 f.; vol. 3: 6 f.; vol. 4: 7¼ f.; vol. 5: 22¾ f.; vol. 6: 20½ f.; vol. 7: 10½ f.)'. Vol. 6 is also listed separately in M 296, folio 18v: 'Testamentum Novum…Aº -, in 16, f[euilles] 20½, [price:] stuivers 3½'.
Note 6The Novum Testamentum (vol. 6) is said to have 41 quires or 20½ sheets, that means: a-z8, A-S8 (folios 1-328). However, the appendix Index rerum et sententiarum Veteris ac Novi Testamenti (in the Museum Plantin-Moretus-copies: bound together not with the Novum Testamentum but with the Proverbia, in the KBR Royal Library of Belgium copies once following Proverbia and once the Hebraea, Chaldaea…nomina) presents in fact itself as a continuation of the Novum Testamentum as the quires are numbered T-Z8, &8, '8. The printing is entered in the cost-accounting note (Arch. 4, folio 71), but nothing is said about the amount of paper needed for the additional 7 quires or 3½ sheets, the number of copies printed and eventually if it was sold separately and at what price: Plantin must have overlooked in his accounts this part of his Bible.
Note 7The mention 'Biblia in 16⁰ par demyes feilles d'affustage' means that the edition was printed in the special technique of the so-called 'imposition by half-sheet' (cf. L. Voet, The Golden Compasses, II, page 304).
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