Jugge’s New Testament, Second Edition

Collection ID

BIB.003630

Type

Bible - Printed Book

Date

1553

Geography

London, (England)

Language

English

Medium

Printed on Paper

Dimensions

8.75 × 6.75 × 2.5 in. (22.2 × 17.1 × 6.35 cm)

Exhibit Location

Not on View

Richard Jugge (ca. 1515–1577) was appointed Royal Printer by Queen Elizabeth I. He printed his second edition of the Tyndale New Testament in 1553, the first year of the reign of Queen Mary (r. 1553–1558). Many of Jugge’s New Testaments are found in poor condition, perhaps the result of the trials they and their owners endured during Queen Mary’s reign. This copy is in relatively good condition, lacking the main title page and the first five chapters of Matthew. Richard Jugge’s extravagant printer’s mark appears in this copy, showing a pelican feeding her young and Jugge’s initials. It seems this copy was rescued in the early seventeenth century and rebound with Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins’s 1639 Psalter.

Printed in 1553 by Richard Jugge, London, England. Rebound with Sternhold and Hopkins’s Psalter sometime after 1639. Acquired around 1800 by the Fox family, unknown location.[1] Acquired by Northamptonshire Libraries.[2] Acquired by David Lachman;[3] Purchased in 2011 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2014 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.

Notes: [1] The front pastedown presents the family history of Thomas and Jane Fox and their children. Research into this family has uncovered no additional information. [2] The stamp of Northamptonshire Libraries occasionally appears in the bottom margin throughout. It is possible the library was responsible for having the Bible rebacked. Museum of the Bible contacted Northamptonshire Libraries and Archives in September 2020. They were unable to identify the time range that stamp was used but shared that the library purchased a number of collections with materials relating to a poet in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Items in those collections that did not directly relate to the poet were added to the main collection, and this Bible might possibly have been one of them. [3] David Lachman could not be reached for additional provenance information.

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