A Greek Old Testament From The Year 1653

I felt compelled to go into the archives and find a fine item to spotlight. This is what I decided to showcase. Here is an incomplete copy of a Greek Old Testament (Vetus Testamentum Græcum), also known as The Septuagint (LXX). As you can see it is fragmentary. Only 58 leaves (aka pages) are present along with the Title Page and the covers/boards.

The Books contained within the leaves comprise ...

KINGS III / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΩΝ Γ / ספר מלכים
KINGS IV / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΩΝ Δ / ספר מלכים
CHRONICLES I / ΠΑΡΑΛΕΙΠΟΜΕΝΩΝ Α / דברי הימים
CHRONICLES II / ΠΑΡΑΛΕΙΠΟΜΕΝΩΝ Β / דברי הימים
ESDRAS Ι / ΕΣΔΡΑΣ Α / עֶזְרָא
NEHEMIAH / ΝΕΕΜΙΑΣ / נְחֶמְיָה
JOB / ΙΩΒ / אִיוֹב‎ ʾ
JEREMIAS / ΙΕΡΕΜΙΑΣ / יִרְמְיָהוּ
JEZEKIEL / ΙΕΖΕΚΙΗΛ / יְחֶזְקֵאל‎‎

Here are some photographs ...

You will note a lot of writing on the Title Page:


Close-up of the Title Page (Those of you who can decipher Roman numerals will be able to read the date):


The remaining leaves arranged in order (separated by their nine respective Books):


Inside view of the covers/boards:


Outside view of the covers/boards:


A view of how the Bible may have looked on a table in the 1600s:


Here is a video with my introduction (and my attempts at speaking Greek!!):


The url for the above embedded video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdKypFyQ4Kw
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