Show FOUR CENTURIES OLD A bible which wa printed five fear llenore lathers birth what is probably the oldest copy of tho scriptures in the united states is a very curious bible in the possession of bev father A A lambing the historian of it is folio in size containing about nine hundred pages of heavy parchment sheep and bears a marked resemblance to tho first bibles printed by gutenberg when he invented printing the bialos printed at first by gutenberg in 1450 and are described as quarto in size double columns the initial letters of the chapters being executed with the pen in colors father lambinus lambings Lam bings bible was printed in 1478 and is therefore one of the earliest specimens of printing the letters are in largo gothic style and tha hand work is simply beautiful the gilt painting after the lapse of time is AS clean and pretty and bright as though put on only yesterday chemistry today to day is said to possess no materials which will maintain a red color any length of time and here in this bible the flourishes and initial let tors in red have withstood the ravages of time for more than years and are still brilliant bril the monies had some secret in the mixture of their paints they became adepts at the illuminating lumina ting art the text of the book is in Latin val gate except that the acts of the apostles aro put after st pauls epistle to the hebrews there are many contractions in the which are hard to make out oven to latin and biblical students the cover is of maple wood covered on the outside with over which flourishes and fancy stamp work have been embossed the corners of the cover are protected by solid brass castings another of these metal ornaments has been fastened to the middle of the back and the fragments of brass clasps are still hanging to the bible in those days durability was aimed at in binding far more than it is now father lambing says that this bible is five years older than martin luther luther was born november and the book was printed november 1478 lie says it is probably one of the old worn chained in the mon |