12/22/2023 0 Comments New bible discovery“Having one come to me in Christchurch is just remarkable.” “The Australians claim they have one, but they don’t,” laughed Jones, adding that their copy does not contain the infamous omission of ‘not’. Jones said there is a copy in Canada, some in the US, others in the UK, Ireland and “a very nice copy” in Dublin. But I looked at it and I thought, wow, this is exactly what my former student thinks it is – it’s a Wicked Bible. “They are not things that you just walk into an office having found one in a garage in Christchurch. Photograph: Digital Photography by New Zealand Micrographic Services, Ltd. The well-known commandment as it appears in 1631 book, later dubbed the Wicked or Sinners’ bible. “It’s a mystery, it’s fascinating and it has made its way halfway around the world,” Chris Jones, an associate professor in medieval studies at the university and fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in London, said on Monday. The university was first informed of its existence in 2018 but chose to keep the discovery under wraps until now to allow researchers and book conservers enough time to study and preserve the book. The bibles do come up for auction from time to time mostly in Britain or US, but this is the first time one has been discovered in the southern hemisphere, says the University of Canterbury in Christchurch. They were stripped of their printing licence, had a £300 fine held over their heads for years (though it was eventually quashed) and most of the texts were destroyed. Upon discovery of the mistake, the printers Robert Barker and Martin Lucas were summoned by King Charles I and hauled before the court, where they were admonished for the scandalous typo and sloppy workmanship.
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