SOURCE: Mozley, J. F. “The Making of the Coverdale Bible,” “The Coverdale Bible in England,” and “The Making of the Great Bible.” In Coverdale and His Bibles, pp. 65-76, 110-124, 201-220. London: Lutterworth Press, 1953.

In the following essays, Mozley discusses the nature of Coverdale's Bibles, how they were translated, printed and published, how their content and textual history relate to the cultural climate of the time, and the differences found among his editions.

The Making of the Coverdale Bible

(a) Its Form and Accessories

The Coverdale bible is a small folio, printed in a German black letter, with two columns to the page, and the colophon informs us that it was “printed in the year of our Lord 1535, and finished the fourth day of October”. The biblical text is divided after Luther's manner into six parts, each with its own foliation and signatures: (1) The five books of Moses...