As part of their 'Treasures' series, The British Library have now published three more titles on ipad - including their celebrated illustrated edition of William Tyndale's 1526 translation of The New Testament.Only three copies of William Tyndale’s English translation of the New Testament printed in Worms in 1526 are known to survive.
The British Library's copy was clearly once a treasured possession, for - unlike the two others - it has been beautifully illuminated.
It is a rare and precious survival of a text which was once revolutionary, because it allowed everyone to read the Scriptures for themselves.
This remarkable little book paved the way for the King James Bible of 1611 which transformed the world’s understanding of scripture.
The new eBook version contains the whole 700 pages of the New Testament, including a list of printers' errors.
To learn more about this novel edition, visit the British Library's iBookstore
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