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The Gaelic Bible was first printed by the Bible Society in 1807 when the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) printed a corrected edition of the SSPCK text. In 1826 a revision of the Bible was made by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and was printed with the Metrical Psalms Sailm Dhaibhidh by SSPCK and BFBS. From 1872 the text ...
The Bible has been completely translated into Lowland Scots, with parts also translated. In 1513-39 Murdoch Nisbet, associated with a group of Lollards, wrote a Scots translation of the New Testament, working from John Purvey's Wycliffite Bible. However, this work remained unpublished, in manuscript form, and was known only to his family and ...
Most of Sage's publications were anonymous, but their authorship was well known; his controversial writings were shrewd. He published: ‘Letters concerning the Persecution of the Episcopal Clergy in Scotland,’ 1689, (anon.); Sage wrote the second and third letters, the first was by Thomas Morer, the fourth by Alexander Monro.
Murdoch Nisbet was of the Hardhill Farm, Parish of Loudon, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was an early member of the Nisbet's of Greenholm, living near Newmilns , along the Irvine River. He joined the Lollards (early English Protestants) who followed the teachings of Wycliffe : Wycliffe and his assistants translated the Latin Bible into English about 1384.
Old Bible Maps Published by the Bible Society (Courtesy of Hipkiss' Scanned Old Maps) After a Hundred Years: a Popular Illustrated Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society for the Centenary Year 1903-4. London: The Bible House. 1904. Bible Society's library; Cambridge University Library
Robert Young was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of John Young, a book-binder on Parliament Square, on the Royal Mile. [2] He served an apprenticeship in printing and simultaneously taught himself various oriental languages.
Blackie and Son initially published books sold by subscription, including religious texts and reference books. Later the firm published single volumes, particularly school-level educational texts [1] and children's books, taking advantage of compulsory education from 1870. It also published "finely printed 'toy' and 'reward' books" [1] (the ...
The atlas is notable for being the first of its kind, but also for its quality. According to historian and cartobibliographer Jeffrey C. Stone, "Blaeu's portrayal of the Scottish landscape far exceeded, in both accuracy and content, anything previously published, or indeed anything to follow for more than a hundred years"; Stone argues that the century following its publication saw nothing of ...