English Bible, also called the King James Bible
Printer: Robert Barker (British, died 1645)
Date: 1611
Dimensions:
page: 15 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (40 x 24.8 cm)
Medium: printed book
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1954.34
Label Text:In England, only certain printers appointed by the King (or Queen), had the right to print the Bible. Robert Barker was the son of Christopher Barker, Bible printer to Queen Elizabeth l. Robert Barker inherited the family business in 1599, and it was he who printed the Authorized Version of the Bible in 1611 for James l. The translators who made the King James Version took into account all the previous English translations, keeping the best aspects of each in order to realize what has been termed the "noblest monument of English prose." The King James Version of the Bible was used until the nineteenth century, when the Church of England called for a new revision reflecting recent discoveries in Biblical studies.
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