English Bible, also called the King James Bible

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English Bible, also called the King James Bible

Printer Robert Barker British, died 1645

Date1611

Dimensionspage: 15 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (40 x 24.8 cm)

Mediumprinted book

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1954.34

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Works on Paper

Published ReferencesToledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 158, repr. (col.) (2 views).Exhibition History

Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Focus Exhibition: The Art of the Bible, The Bible as Art, Hitchcock Gallery, Nov, 2001-Jan. 2002, p. 15, repr.

Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, In the Beginning: King James Bible First Edition, September 15-Decemeber 13, 2011.

Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Looks Good on Paper: Masterworks and Favorites, Oct. 10, 2014-Jan. 11, 2015.

Label TextIn 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.