Neue illustrirte Familien Bibel : fuÃŒâ¸r haÃŒâ¸usliche Erbauung und Belehrung, enthaltend das Alte und Neue Testament, mit den Apokryphen, der Concordanz und Randparallelen
At head of title: Nationale Publications Gesellschafts Pracht-Ausgabe.
Title on both covers and spine: Heilige Schrift.
Engraved portrait of Martin Luther, preceding title page.
Red and black title page.
Text printed in double column, verse form, reference column down center of page inside double rules, with chronology at top. Verse nos. indented in matching type. Title and chapter no. centered across top of both pages, with running heads. Chapter no. centered in column in larger type. Chapter summaries in smaller type.
Includes a history of the books of the Bible and of the German translations (second group of pages), list of illustrations (third group), illustrations (fourth, fifth, and sixth group), chronology (seventh group), glossary to denominations and religious terms (eighth group), blank pages for family register (eleventh group), and photo-album pages (twelfth group).
Engravings by G. Dore̹ throughout the volume.
The New Testament is divided into sections for readings on Sundays and Holy Days, with sectional headings in parentheses.
The Deuterocanonical Books follow the Old Testament and have special pagination (tenth group); the New Testament pagination continues the one of the Old Testament.
United Bible Societies language: German.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P00.26.1
Genealogy of Horst family, 1812-1861.
Four items removed to Heritage Center Museum acquisitions file: manuscript of birth of Polly Thelber [?], in 1813; unknown person died on 19 March 1895, age 81 years; german script containing information about Beth, Gimel, Daley, Johannes, and Jeremia; and a note from David Horst to his parents announcing the death of Ellie, who died of brain fever at age 18, planting season is going well.
Bound in brown leather, on heavy embossed board covers, gold stamped, title in gold on indented center of cover and on back; title in gold on spine; marbled end papers; marbled edge.
Neue illustrirte Familien Bibel : fuÃŒâ¸r HaÃŒâ¸usliche Erbauung und Belehrung, enthaltend das Alte und Neue Testament, mit den Apokryphen, der Concordanz und Randparallelen
Engraved portrait of Martin Luther, facing title page.
Text printed in double column, verse form, reference column down center of page inside double rules, with chronology at top. Verse nos. indented in matching type. Title and chapter no. centered across top of both pages, with running heads. Chapter no. centered in column in larger type. Chapter summaries in smaller type.
Includes a history of the German translations of the Scriptures, a preface and list of the books of the Bible, illustrations, chronology, biographical and historical overview of the books of the Bible, blank pages for family register, concordance, Old Testament, Apocrypha, New Testament.
The New Testament is divided into sections for readings on Sundays and Holy Days, with sectional headings in parentheses.
Both the Old and the New Testament have an added title page.
Engravings by G. Dore̹ throughout the volume with English and German titles.
United Bible Societies language: German.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P96.4.1.
Three items removed and placed in the Heritage Center acquisitions file: newspaper account of the accidental death of John W. Martin, witnessed by his son Edwin, Jacob H. Peters, and Samuel H. McEllheney, examined by Dr. John F. Mentzer; a marriage certificate for John Sensinig and Susanna W. Martin, 1878; and a slip of paper containing the signature of Anna Sensenig.
Sensig family genealogy, 1859-1939.
Bound in dark brown leather, on heavy embossed board covers, gold stamped; title in gold on spine; covers nearly detached and abraded; marbled edges.
