Holy Bible King James Version Burgundy Illuminated Family Edition

One of the most beautiful heirloom Bibles of modern times, the Illuminated Family Edition of the Holy Bible combines the rich ornamentation of Renaissance art and bookmaking with the text of the Bible considered by many to be the finest prose in the English language, that of the King James Version. The design for this edition is based on one of the masterpieces of fifteenth-century art and bookmaking, the incomparable Bible of the duke of Urbino. In designing this edition of the Holy Bible, the editors chose the Urbino Bible and other books from the Renaissance for the sheer beauty of the period's artwork and its appeal to contemporary aesthetics. Extensive research and skill has gone into the production of this magnificent volume. The Illuminated Family Edition of the Holy Bible contains all of the major illustrations in the Urbino Bible and features many other artistic details from that book, such as decorative borders, column dividers, and illuminated and historiated initial capitals, as well as illustrations from over thirty Bibles from the same period. Featuring more than 875 full-color illustrations, the Illuminated Family Edition of the Holy Bible reproduces the sublime craftsmanship of Renaissance art in an elaborate leather-grained binding with gold foil stamping. Such treasures of the printer's trade were once owned only by nobility, but here is a Bible of regal proportion and beauty, a Bible for use by a wide variety of denominations, and at a price that every family can afford. The extraordinary beauty of the illustrations and text, together with an extensive section reserved for the keeping of family records, make the Illuminated Family Edition of the Holy Bible an heirloom worthy of being passed from generation to generation Features: * King James version * Heirloom-quality archival paper * Twelve pages for recording family history * Over 875 glorious full-color illuminations taken from masterpieces of Renaissance bookmaking.Thunder Bay Press Staff is the author of 'Holy Bible King James Version Burgundy Illuminated Family Edition', published 2004 under ISBN 9781592233373 and ISBN 1592233376.