J. Michael Morgan English Bible and Psalmody Collection
The J. Michael Morgan English Bible and Psalmody Collection at Pitts Theology Library was established in 2023 to continue the work of J. Michael Morgan, who bequeathed his world-renowned collection of English Bibles and Psalters to the library. Over 50+ years of collecting, Michael had curated one of the world’s most significant private collections of English translations, totaling more than 5,500 volumes, dating from the earliest printed translations of William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale. Included in the Morgan Collection are some of the most influential Bibles in the English language, such as early printings of the Great Bible, the Bishops’ Bible, the Geneva Bible, and the 1611 King James “He” Bible. The collection also contains dozens of rare, independent translations, such as the American Psalter of Cotton Mather, as well as items with unique provenance such as Isaac Watts’s paraphrase of the Psalms with a gift inscription from Watts, Julia Evelina Smith’s translation signed by the translator, and the family Bible of President Franklin Pierce, signed by President Jimmy Carter.
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TextPsalterium Americanum : the book of Psalms, in a translation exactly conformed unto the original; but all in blank verse, fitted unto the tunes commonly used in our churches. Which pure offering is accompanied with illustrations, digging for hidden treasures in it; and rules to employ it upon the glorious and various intentions of it; whereto are added, some other portions of the Sacred Scripture to enrich the cantional
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to useSummary: This is the only edition of a metered translation of the Psalms by Cotton Mather, who had intended it to replace the Bay Psalm Book, which he though was too constrained by being rhymed in addition to being metered. All Psalms are arranged to be sung in the common meter, while some could also be sung in the long meter with the inclusion of additional words printed in black letter and set in square brackets. -
Still imageHistoriated title page border of The vvhole Psalter translated into English metre, which contayneth an hundreth and fifty Psalmes. The first quinquagene
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to useA historiated woodcut border of The vvhole Psalter translated into English metre, which contayneth an hundreth and fifty Psalmes. The border features a pair of cherups playing horns, geese, griffins, lions, and a woman's face. -
TextThe Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments
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to useSummary: It is claimed to be the first English Bible translated by a woman. -
TextThe Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments
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to useSummary: It is claimed to be the first English Bible translated by a woman.