The Loyola Archives and Special Collection has a polyglot bible from 1657 on display in Cudahy Library.
What is a polyglot? A polyglot is a book containing versions of the same text in several languages. The term usually refers to a book containing multiple translations of the Bible.
Come see what is considered the last great Polyglot Bible, which contains nine languages: Hebrew, Greek, Samaritan, Aramaic, Latin, Ethiopic, Syriac, Arabic, and Persian! The volume is located in the display case near the entrance to the Donovan Reading Room in Cudahy Library.
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Volume on Display:
The London Polyglot (1657)
Biblia sacra polyglotta, complectentia textus originales, Hebraicum, cum Pentateucho Samaritano, Chaldaicum, Graecum: versionumque antiquarum, Samaritanæ, Graecæ LXXII interp., Chaldaicæ, Syriacæ, Arabicæ, Æthiopicæ, Persicæ, Vulg. Lat., quicquid comparari poterat….
Date: 1653-1657
Editor: Brian Walton
Printer: Thomas Roycroft
Call number: 223 W238h
Collection: St. Ignatius College Library Collection Loyola Archives & Special Collections
