Christopher de Hamel is an outstanding authority on illustrated manuscripts and books. For many years, he was head of the Western Manuscripts department at Sotheby's in London. He is Fellow Librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. His History of Illuminated Manuscripts, also published by Phaidon, has become a standard work.

'Christopher de Hamel's masterly introduction to the…history of the Bible, published sumptuously yet affordably by Phaidon, deserves every recommendation…urbane and scholarly…[a] fluent and engrossing narrative.' (Christopher Fletcher, British Library, Notes &Queries)

• Introduction * 1. Saint Jerome and the Triumph of the Latin Bible * 2. The Bible in Hebrew and Greek * 3. Giant Bibles of the Early Middle Ages * 4. The Bible and its Commentaries * 5. The Portable Bible of the Thirteenth Century * 6. Bible Picture Books * 7. The Wycliffite Bible * 8. The Gutenberg Bible * 9. The Bible and the Protestant Reformation * 10. The British and American Bible Industry * 11. Missionary Bibles * 12. The Modern Search for Origins * Bibliography * Index of Manuscripts * General Index

Christopher de Hamel is an outstanding authority on illustrated manuscripts and books. For many years, he was head of the Western Manuscripts department at Sotheby's in London. He is Fellow Librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. His History of Illuminated Manuscripts, also published by Phaidon, has become a standard work.

'Christopher de Hamel's masterly introduction to the…history of the Bible, published sumptuously yet affordably by Phaidon, deserves every recommendation…urbane and scholarly…[a] fluent and engrossing narrative.' (Christopher Fletcher, British Library, Notes &Queries)

• Introduction * 1. Saint Jerome and the Triumph of the Latin Bible * 2. The Bible in Hebrew and Greek * 3. Giant Bibles of the Early Middle Ages * 4. The Bible and its Commentaries * 5. The Portable Bible of the Thirteenth Century * 6. Bible Picture Books * 7. The Wycliffite Bible * 8. The Gutenberg Bible * 9. The Bible and the Protestant Reformation * 10. The British and American Bible Industry * 11. Missionary Bibles * 12. The Modern Search for Origins * Bibliography * Index of Manuscripts * General Index