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Maker(s):Deputies of Christopher Barker
Culture:British; English
Title:The Bible; Geneva Bible
Date Made:1598
Type:Book
Materials:board and paper
Place Made:Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; England; London
Accession Number:  MH SK 2006.1137.INV
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
A "Breeches" or Geneva Bible, 1598. Inscription on the front says: "This Bible was bought 1919 at Boston, Mass. by Eleanor S. Warren for her brother Joseph Skinner." Newspaper clipping of a column on "Notes on the Breeches Bible." Glued handwritten note on the back cover on the provenance of the book. Hardback with a green cover.

Tags:
bibles; Christianity; religion; text

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