French Catholic 1581 Bible Leaf Ruth 1-3 Woodcut of Ruth & Boaz Meeting in Field

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French Catholic 1581 Bible Leaf Ruth 1-3 Woodcut of Ruth & Boaz Meeting in Field:
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This is a leaf from a \"LaSaincte Bible\" or French Catholic Bible, Book of Ruth Chapters1-3. It was printed in 1581 at Lyon by Barthelemi Honorati. Thefolio size paper leaf measures 365 x 243 mm in totality and contains64 lines of French text printed double column in a transitionaltypeface. There is a 60 x 80 mm. woodcut depicting Ruth meetingBoaz in the grain field. The versocontains the same type, lines & layout.(Not in Darlow &Moule, earlier version of entry 3735) This leaf contains staining.

Book of Ruth 1, 16-17

\"..... And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.....\"

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