Content: "The earliest of the great Polyglots [containing Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Chaldee text]; known as the Complutensian, the Spanish, or Ximenes' Polyglot."--Brit. and foreign Bible soc. Historical cat., 1412.
Content: [Vol. 1] has title: ... Uetus testmentũ multiplici lingua nũc primo impressum ... [v. 2-4] ... Secũda [-Quarta] pars Ueteris testamenti ... [v. 5] ... Uocabularium hebraicum atq[ue] chaldaicũ ... [v. 6] ... Nouum testamentum grece & latine ...
Content: Printed by order and at the expense of Cardinal Francisco Ximénez de Cisneros. Edited by Elio Antonio de Lebrija, Fernando Nuñez de Toledo y Guzmán, Juan de Vergara, Demetrios Doukas, Alfonso de Zamora, Alfonso de Alcala, Paublo Coronel and Diego Lopez de Zuñiga.--cf. British Museum catalogue and Brit. and foreign Bible soc.
Content: The New Testament (v. 6 of this set) has colophon dated Jan. 10, 1514; the appendix (v. 5 of this set) has colophon dated May 31, 1515; the last volume of the Old Testament (v. 4) has colophon dated July 10, 1517. The papal sanction, l. 8b of v. 1, is dated March 22, 1520, and there is reason to believe that the books were not released for circulation until about 1522.
Content: With the cardinal's arms printed in red on t.p. of v. 1-5, in black on t.p. of v. 6.
Content: With misprint "Fpiscopo" in first line of caption, l. 8b of v. 1.
Acquisition: 1884 (Astor)
Physical Description
Extent: 6 v.39 cm. (fol.)
Extent: 15 1/4 x approximately 22 inches in cradle [15 1/4vx 11 1/4 inches closed]
