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Show Copy of Rare Bible. In Wolfoiibuttel, Hesse, Gcrmnny, Is nn old blblo which Is greatly treas-' urcd. In that passage In Gono-sis Gono-sis where God told Kvo that Adam shall bo her master nnd Bhall rule over her. tho German translation Is "Und er soil dlen herr seln." "Herr. which menns master, does not occur In this bible, but Instead thoro appears ap-pears tho word "narr." which means fool. Tho error wns caused by a quarrel quar-rel between tho printer and his wlfo In tho year 1080. Thu wlfo was vongo-ful vongo-ful and In tho silent watches or tho night she entered tho room where lie'r husband had been setting typo and maliciously changed ''herr" Into "narr." Tho printer wns arrested nf-tor nf-tor tho book had been printed nnd tho mistake dlscovorcd; but his apprentice ap-prentice testified that ho saw tho wlfo steal Into tho composing room nnd niter ni-ter tho word. Tho woman wns Imprisoned Im-prisoned for blasphemy and died In prison. Orders woro given that nit tho copies of tho edition should bo destroyed. Thfs was dono, with tho exception of tho ono copy In tho Wolf-enbuttel Wolf-enbuttel library. - |