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Article: Bible as book: the manuscript tradition.
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- Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
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John L. Sharpe III and Kimberly Van Kampen, eds. The Bible as Book: The Manuscript Tradition. London/New Castle, DE: British Library/Oak Knoll Press, 1998. 224 pp.; $55.00 US. ISBN 1-884718-38-8.
The Bible as Book: The Manuscript Tradition is a collection of papers given at a conference sponsored by the Scriptorium: Center for Christian Antiquities (Grand Haven, Michigan) at Hampton Court in May 1995. The Scriptorium is the institutional side of the Van Kampen Foundation which exists to "maintain and develop the growing collection of rare bibles belonging to Robert and Judith Van Kampen of western Michigan" (xi).
The aim of the conference "was to examine ...