The Holy Bible: Illuminated Family Edition [Hardcover]

Thunder Bay Press (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2004

This up-to-date version of the universally accepted text from the King James Bible will make a handsome addition to any home. The revised translation is easily accessible for the modern reader, and is based on the original King James Version, published in 1611. In the course of time, the King James Version came to be regarded as “the Authorized Version.” It has been termed “the noblest monument of English prose,” and it has come to be of central importance to Western society as no other book. Thunder Bay’s Holy Bible is beautifully appointed and illustrated with reproductions of original fifteenth-century masterpieces, highlighting Renaissance masterpieces from the period of 1430 to 1510. Almost every page of the Holy Bible has illuminated accents, with evocative drawings throughout from the Vatican Library, and an overall design inspired by the peerless Urbino Bible of 1478. The Holy Bible is complete with beautiful pages on which to lovingly record marriages, births, baptisms, confirmations, deaths, and family trees.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 920 pages
• Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (August 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592233376
• ISBN-13: 978-1592233373
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.1 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #572,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Gorgeous, January 20, 2005

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Laura De Giorgio "hypnotherapist" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Holy Bible: Illuminated Family Edition (Hardcover)

This edition of the Bible is a pure joy to look at and read. It combines the great beauty of Renaissance art and bookmaking with the text of the Bible considred by many to be the finest prose in the English language, that of the King James version. The design for this edition is based on one of the mastterpieces of fifteenth-century art and bookmaking, the incomparable two-volume Latin Vulgate Bible commissioned by Federigo di Monefeltro, duke of Urino. This rare treasure was completed by the Florentine book dealer Vespasiano da Bisticci in 1478, its text having taken the scribe Ugo Comminelli of Mezieres four years to compose by hand. The numerous illustratos that grace the parchment of the Urbino Bible were handpainted by such masters as Domenico and Davide Ghirlandaio, among others.

This volume contains all of the major illustrations in the Urbino Bible and features many other artistic details from that book, such as decorative borders, column dividers, and illuminated and historiated initial capitals. The extraordinary beauty of the illustrations and text, together with an extensive section reserved for the keeping of family records, make this Bible an heirloom worthy of being passed from generation to generation.

Together with the text, the illustration will make you feel joyful, peaceful and uplifted.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Holy Bible, Family Illuminated Edition, July 19, 2005

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John A. Beckenridge (Kingman, Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Holy Bible: Illuminated Family Edition (Hardcover)

This a wonderful collection of Rennaissance Art work complimenting each Book in the Bible. The binding a paper quality are very good. Of course, 5 stars would mean a heavier, higher quality of paper would be used. The value is certainly there for this book. I recommend it for any family wishing to keep their history in the Good Book as in days of old!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Bible, March 17, 2009

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Edwin O. Wall "TB-303" (Shoreline, Wa. USA) - See all my reviews
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It's such a refreshing bible with old world illustrations and beautiful pages and cover to draw in the reader to aquire a fantastically old world charm. I recommend to everyone and see it as a collectors item for sure. brilliant.