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Wycliffite Manuscript: The New Testament
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Price: $40.00
Sale Price: $35.00
The Wycliffite Manuscript is a fifteenth-century Middle English translation – from the Latin – of the New Testament, made by Lollard (lay preacher) disciples of John Wyclif. A distinguished teacher and scholar at Oxford, Wyclif (ca. 1330–84) came to doubt the validity of Vatican authority, and urged all Christians to instead follow the authority of “God’s law” itself; to that end, he called for English translations of the Bible. At the time, the clergy, with the aid of Mother Church, decided what was appropriate for the laity to know. There was little anxiety over universal access to the Bible; books were too rare and expensive for most people, and few outside the clergy and the higher ranks of society were even literate.
Wyclif changed all that. Although there is no evidence that he himself translated the Bible, this New Testament owes its existence to the impetus of his writings. About 250 hand-written manuscripts (complete and fragmentary) survive, in spite of a 1409 condemnation of Wyclif’s teachings from the Archbishop of Canterbury, which not only forbade the translation into English of the Bible, but also the reading of such a translation.
Features:
-Commentary by Fred C. Robinson, Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English at Yale University, and noted author of many books and articles
-Searchable, original transcription of the Middle English alongside the King James text
-Essay on Gothic manuscript hands
-Magnify up to 400%
Specification:
-Digital images of every page of this rare book, cover to cover, in full color, presented as uncropped spreads
-Print and Thumbnails files for creating printed references
-Adobe Reader 3.0 with Search software
-PDF file on CD-ROM with all of Adobe Reader’s viewing, navigation, and search features
-Octavo Digital Guide and Help files
Requirements:
- Adobe Reader 5.0 or later
- Windows PC with Pentium processor running Windows 95 or later
- Macintosh Power Mac running OS 9.2, or OS X 10.1 or later. Linux 2.2 kernel on X86 computer
- Color Monitor (15" or larger, capable of displaying millions of colors recommended)
- CD-ROM drive
The original book imaged for this digital edition: 10 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (270 x 191 mm)
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