LUIHER'S BIBLE.
Martin Luther's hand Bible, preserved as a most preoioiw relic m the Berlin Markisk Museum, gans additional interest with the approach of the four hundredth anniversary- of the great Reformer. It , came 'originally from Wittenberg,; from r the library* of the Theological ; . Professor, Wminatzsch, who s Id it m 1865 to Sanitary Councillor Lutze ol Koetbenjfor 9000 marks and a life rentJ Of the latter, the Provincial Museum acquired •Jjta Biblejby purchase bn?January,27th ,1877, The Bible S'the lafge/&asle Latin editib* : ; of ; 1600 ? cuto=*pleno apparatu; and aimo&ted throughout by , Dr.: Luther, ;who;madeua^ ■ preparatory study 'for its tranilalion. His characteristic icoarse 1 naha^writing covers every 'page of the text, and the ; commentaries as as" the inside of the parchment 'covers. ri $he ; tifcle"page contains tie Biblical qTtfbtate .--^-" If Thy word, oh tbrd, '<Jo riot eoinfdrt me, I should perish' in. miseryi 1542} Mart, 'Luther, D.' 1.. r ;: . " . ;^ --V.v> '.^;\_ -»",
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 286, 6 November 1883, Page 2
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148LUIHER'S BIBLE. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 286, 6 November 1883, Page 2
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