Item 37: The Holy Bible, Containing, The Old and New Testaments, (According to the Present Authorised English Version:) with Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical; All The Marginal Readings of the Most Approved Printed Copies of the Scriptures, With Such Others as Appear to be Countenanced by the Hebrew and Greek Originals: A Copious Collection of Parallel Texts; Summaries of Each Book and Chapter; And the Date of every Transaction and Event recorded in the Sacred Oracles, Agreeable to the Calculation of the Most Correct Chronologers , 1818
Scope and Contents
This collection contains over forty Holy Bibles and other Christian texts as donated by Mr. Charles Whatley. These materials are largely in English, with a few printed in the original tongues of the Protestant and Jewish faiths. The collection also contains 41 individual wooden boxes, complete with topical embellishments. These boxes were handcrafted by Mr. Whatley for the express purpose of storing their respective texts.
Dates
- Creation: 1818
Extent
1 boxes (Holy Bible with Old and New Testaments with notes and explanations as written by Reverend Joseph Benson, labeled volume V of Benson's notes and printed by Thomas Cordeux in London ) : This item is stored in a small handcrafted wooden box embellished with a floral and gridded design on the lid and front panel; leatherbound; front cover partially split from spine; back cover damaged at spine
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository