Information on authold-e2

PPCEME information

Author First Westminster Company (see Remarks)
Birthdate see Remarks
Filename authold-e2
Manuscript n/a
Date of composition 1611
Genre BIBLE
Edition The Holy Bible. 1911. An exact reprint in Roman type, page for page of the Authorized Version published in the year 1611. With an introduction by Alfred William Pollard. Oxford and London: Oxford University Press and Hnery Frowde.
EEBO image http://wwwlib.umi.com/eebo/image/29277
Sample Exhaustive sample of Genesis 1-22 (except for the last five verses of Genesis 22, verses 20-24), Numbers 13-20, and Deuteronomy 1-11.
"G," "N," and "D" following verse numbers below refer to Genesis, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, respectively.
1,1G-3,24G (= Helsinki 1),
4,1G-5,32G (= Penn 1),
6,1G-9,29G (= Helsinki 2),
10,1G-11,32G (= Penn 2),
12,1G-14,20G (= Helsinki 3),
15,1G-21,34G (= Penn 3),
22,1G-22,19G (= Helsinki 4),
13,1N-14,45N (= Helsinki 5),
15,1N-15,41N (= Penn 4),
16,1N-17,13N (= Helsinki 6),
18,1N-20,29N (= Penn 5),
1,1D-11,32D (= Penn 6)
Remarks The verse numbers of the Authorized Version serve as references for the Tyndale version.
The translators of the First Westminster Company were Lancelot Andrewes (director) (1555-1626), John Overall (1559-1619), Hadrian à Saravia (1531-1613), Richard Clarke (?-1634), John Layfield (?-1617), Robert Tighe (?-1620), Geoffrey King (?) Richard Thomson (?-1613), William Bedwell (1561-1632), and Francis Burleigh (?-1590). (Source: Adam Nicolson. 2003. God's secretaries. HarperCollins. 251-253.)

Helsinki Corpus information

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<N OLD TEST AUTH>
<A X>
<C E2>
<O 1570-1640>
<M X>
<K X>
<D ENGLISH>
<V PROSE>
<T BIBLE>
<G TRANSL>
<F OTHER>
<W WRITTEN>
<X X>
<Y X>
<H X>
<U X>
<E X>
<J X>
<I X>
<Z X>
<S SAMPLE X>