Title
Bible (Latin)
Coverage
Basel or Geneva?
Date
1560s–1570s?
Description
The bookblock edges are all gilt and decorated for the imperial count Joachim of Ortenburg, Bavaria, in 1585. The fore-edge (displayed) depicts the Sacrifice of Isaac, an angel staying Abraham’s knife hand. The contemporary German binding of wooden boards is covered in 19th-century black velvet, and the frontmatter of the Bible was removed before binding to conceal its Protestant origins.
Source
Gift of William F. Havemeyer, before 1913.
Format
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53306747887_c8aa17f1ab_z.jpg
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