Tyndale 1534 New Testament Facsimile, Linen Hardcover
Tyndale 1534 New Testament Facsimile, Linen Hardcover
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At Tiny Bibles, we primarily specialize in printing unusually small bibles. This Tyndale 1534, while similarly one-of-a-kind, is regular-sized.
This is William Tyndale’s 1534 New Testament as it first appeared nearly 500 years ago. One of the last surviving copies was carefully scanned in Vienna and taken to the printers without artificial editing. This facsimile was printed by Royal JongBloed in the Netherlands, the country where Tyndale was martyred in 1536. It gives you a “warts-and-all” look at how the English Scriptures originally appeared in the Protestant Reformation.
This book became the basis for subsequent translations of the New Testament, and it permanently shaped the trajectory of the English language. This facsimile reproduces Tyndale’s lasting work in a way the public hasn’t seen for many hundreds of years. Each purchase comes with a little card that assists in reading 16th Century typeset.
- External book dimensions: 6 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 2 1/4"
- Weight: 31 ounces
Customer Reviews
My absolute favorite types of Bibles are old English Bibles from 1526-1611. I have many early English facsimile Bibles from those years such as: 1526 Tyndale New Testament, 1537 Matthews Bible, 1539 Taverner Bible, 1560 Geneva Bible & 1611 King James Bible but this 1534 Tyndale New Testament is by far the most challenging to read out of all the Bibles I own.
All these Bibles I mentioned the font is printed where the letter "S" looks like an incomplete F (no crossbar), so I was used to that at the time of receiving my 1534 Tyndale. But what I was not used to was the letter "L" looked nearly identical to the S & F. The only difference is if the top curls around an touches the upright line it's an L. Again, none of my other Bibles have the letter L like this and that is what I found most challenging reading through the 1534 Tyndale New Testament. But remember, if it doesn't challenge you, it wont change you.
Giving my honest review after having read through the whole Tyndale 1534 New Testament From Matthew to Revelation and I had a blast reading it & comparing it to the King James as I went through it. Enjoyed reading through the 1534 Tyndale so much that I immediately began to read my 1526 Tyndale from Matthew to Revelation right after completing the 1534 (got a few more books to go on the 1526).
Much thanks to Felix for opening his personal library and allowing copies to be made of his original 1534 Tyndale New Testament. I posted a video review on youtube and Felix left a bunch of comments on my video. Very cool.
I would highly recommend this 1534 Tyndale New Testament but only after you have been reading in the old english font for a while and being somewhat fluent in it, otherwise reading this 1534 Tyndale they would most likely want to give up out of frustration not being able to make out the words if this was the first time with olde English. Again the 1534 Tyndale is the most challenging early English Bible facsimile I own to actually read through so I would NOT recommend the 1534 Tyndale as your 1st old English facsimile.
p.s. the font for the prologues of the books is even MORE CHALLENGING to read as they seem to be a bit smaller. This Bible is only for those with good eyesight and patience.
Great Bible!
To be able to have a copy of Holy Scripture in English from 1534, in which, I can read the same trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance written from the Apostle Paul to Timothy, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, is a rich and edifying piece of history that has been joyfully added alongside all my blessed modern translations of God's Word originating from the labor and sacrifice of Tyndale.
Although this is not a New Testament that I read often and even have trouble reading due to the older writing styles and English, I'm granted a wealth of encouragement remembering the faithful saints before us that had this very copy in their hands and my heart is strengthened all the more to spend my life abundantly as they did in the preservation and proclamation of the words of eternal life that abide in these pages.
This has already been a sweet conversation piece with individuals in my life and among my family, where praise unto the Lord has been wrought for His great faithfulness over the centuries.
May the Lord bless all who have worked on making this facsimile a reality. It is a treasure, bringing glory to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is a piece of history you can hold in your hands. Tyndale died to bring the word of God to the common man.
You could have in your hands the very volume that did so. From obscure language to the English.
I will grant you, it is old English, and in unfamiliar script. However, you can work your way through the script, if you try.
I am grateful for my copy for a couple reasons.
It is the word of God, which will not be quenched, and for Tyndale,who gave his life, to bring me the Word.
I backed leatherbound version on Kickstarter, disappointed I had to change but decided to get one more with the added discount, giving one away as a gift. They arrived in one piece and look to be in really nice quality. I saw this randomly, and being a history-nerd of sorts, I love the story behind this Bible, and can see the importance of preserving it.
Even if you're not particularly religious, like myself, I would recommend getting a copy. It is clear that care has been put into this project, and having a little piece of history on your bookshelf never hurt.