Complutensian Polyglot Bible

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Bible edition Renaissance scholarly work polyglot Bible printed book

The Complutensian Polyglot Bible is a landmark early 16th-century multilingual edition of the Bible that presents the scriptures in parallel Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts, reflecting Renaissance humanist scholarship.

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Label Occurrences
Complutensian Polyglot Bible canonical 3
Biblia Polyglotta Complutensis 1
Complutensian Bible 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible edition ⓘ
Renaissance scholarly work ⓘ
polyglot Bible ⓘ
printed book ⓘ
aimedTo provide accurate biblical text based on original languages ⓘ
approximatePublicationPeriod 1514–1517 ⓘ
associatedMovement Christian humanism ⓘ
compiledAt University of Alcalá ⓘ
compiledIn Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
containsPart Apocrypha (in early editions) ⓘ
surface form: Apocrypha

New Testament ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
editor Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ⓘ
surface form: Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
firstPublicationDate 1520 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Complutensian Polyglot Bible ⓘ
surface form: Biblia Polyglotta Complutensis

Complutensian Polyglot Bible ⓘ
surface form: Complutensian Bible
hasTitle Complutensian Polyglot Bible self-link ⓘ
historicalPeriod Renaissance ⓘ
includesFeature Hebrew grammar and dictionary ⓘ
critical apparatus ⓘ
parallel columns of different languages ⓘ
includesText Latin Vulgate text ⓘ
Masoretic Text ⓘ
surface form: Masoretic Hebrew text

Septuagint Greek text ⓘ
influenced biblical textual criticism ⓘ
later polyglot Bibles ⓘ
languageOfText Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
NewTestamentLanguages Greek ⓘ
Vulgate ⓘ
surface form: Latin Vulgate
notableFor reflecting Renaissance humanist scholarship ⓘ
scholarly comparison of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 6 ⓘ
OldTestamentLanguages Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Vulgate ⓘ
surface form: Latin Vulgate
patron Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ⓘ
surface form: Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
placeOfPublication Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
printingCompleted 1517 ⓘ
printingTechnology movable type ⓘ
scriptUsed Greek minuscule script ⓘ
Hebrew square script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
significance first major printed polyglot edition of the entire Bible ⓘ
sponsoredBy Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Monarchs of Spain

Crown of Castile ⓘ
supervisedBy Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ⓘ
surface form: Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
workOnProjectBegan 1502 ⓘ

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Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros → notableWork → Complutensian Polyglot Bible ⓘ
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros → patronage → Complutensian Polyglot Bible ⓘ
Complutensian Polyglot Bible → hasTitle → Complutensian Polyglot Bible self-link ⓘ
Complutensian Polyglot Bible → hasAlternativeName → Complutensian Polyglot Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biblia Polyglotta Complutensis
Complutensian Polyglot Bible → hasAlternativeName → Complutensian Polyglot Bible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Complutensian Bible