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Judaica Online Exhibitions
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We have Revealed to You...
Margins and Mirrors in England |
The Byble, that is to say all the Holy Scripture; in whych are
co[n]tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truly & purely
tra[n]slated into English, & nowe lately with greate industry
& dilige[n]ce recognised.
London, Imprynted by J. Daye and W. Seres, 1549
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Fol. 68 recto of the Matthew Bible, showing Isaiah chapters
50-51, with note, in mirror writing, along foremargin |
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| Detail of same note |
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| The mirror writing reversed.
The text, recording a transaction, reads: "Iohn Spencer
dothe owe me xxs for halfe a yares wagys of the whyche
xxs I haue receyved thre nobels."
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