Holy Bible; The Booke of Psalmes
Laurence Tomson
(English, 1539–1608)
Christopher Barker
(English, 16th century)
after 1640
Place of PublicationLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with woodcuts
DimensionsOverall: 23.7 x 19.5 x 6 cm (9 5/16 x 7 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession number64.944
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London: Christopher Barker, 1599 [i.e., Amsterdam: J.F. Stam, after 1640?]
ProvenanceStansbury family, England, with inscriptions and family genealogy dating from 1670s; most from eighteenth century; graphite inscription on a preliminary leaf "Mr. Amory Codman's Gt. Grandmother's Grandfather's Bible; graphite inscription on loose sheet of paper "Stanbridge Bible My grandfather Henry Codman had this Bible bound & wrote the paper signed "H.C."; pen inscription on another sheet "Stanbridge and Greene Bible"; apparently Martha Codman Karolik; her husband Maxim Karolik, by whom bequeathed to MFA, June 8, 1964.
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
16th century
Unidentified artist, Spanish, 16th century
1534
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1521
Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
1562