Geneva Bible - 1609 A.D.

Geneva Bible - 1587 A.D.

The Geneva Bible was the result of the persecution under the reign of the daughter of Henry VIII, known as "Bloody Mary".  The Reformation fires were burning hot in England and many great reformers fled England to the free city of Geneva for safety.  It had been 20 years since the printing of the "Great Bible" in 1540 A.D. and the reformers such as Calvin, Knox and Beza set themselves to the task because a new translation was desperately needed.  The resulting work was to be extremely popular with the Puritans and the common people as well as men like John Bunyan and William Shakespeare. First printed in 1560 A.D.,the Geneva Bible was printed as late as 1644 A.D. and holds the distinction of being the first Bible printed with verses.  It also was the first Bible to come to America, landing with the Pilgrims at Cape Henry Virginia in 1607.

The Geneva Bible was also called the Breeches Bible because of the translation in Genesis 3:7 which says, “they sewed fig leaves together to make themselves breeches.”  This particular fragment was printed just prior to the printing of the Authorized Version (better known as the King James Bible) and shows beautiful roman type.  It is 389 years old.

The pages themselves are hand made paper of 100% cotton rag.  The term cotton rag comes from the early days of printing when printers would buy rags from sellers in the street and then clean them and process them into paper - thus the term “cotton rag”.  You will notice may unique spellings in the language of the time.  Most noticeable is the use of a decorative “s” which looks very much like a “f”  but if you look carefully you can see that on the decorative “s” the strike mark only goes to the left while on a “f” the strike mark goes all the way through.  The Ancient Page is very careful to only use fragments of whole Bibles - that is, Bibles that are partially destroyed and/or missing pages and cannot be rebound.

Geneva Bible - 1589 A.D.

Geneva Bible - 1609 A.D.

All of the Bible leaves are custom framed using museum mounting and conservation clear glass to preserve the  leaf .

Prices vary according to the rarity of the page and the type of framing and matting. Samples shown below. Please email for specifics and request your favorite Bible verse - we have an excellent selection. Or we can select a leaf for you.

Group A - The rarest leaves are set in our best custom framing with silk or linen cloth mats, gold leaf filets and our best moulding.  Priced at $399.00 and up. Shipping and packaging not included.

Group B - These are wonderful pages and are framed using ultra suede mats, a hand selected moulding and a gold filet. Priced at $249 and up. Shipping and packaging not included.

Group C - Misc. pages from the Old Testament. Our selection. Beautifully framed with a double mat. Priced at $175. Shipping and packaging not included.

Geneva Bible - 1587 A.D.

       Price Group A

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