Wycliffe's Bible - A colour facsimile of Forshall and Madden's 1850 edition of the Middle English translation of the Latin Vulgate

Forshall and Madden's 1850 edition of Wycliffe's Bible has long been out of print. It is very scarce and those rare copies that are available from antiquarian booksellers tend to vary both in condition and in cost. This facsimile edition contains the entire text in a sturdy binding and will be suitable for students of Middle English as well as those interested in the history of the English bible. The two translations given below are conventionally designated 'Wycliffe's Bible' or 'the Wycliffite Bible' because John Wycliffe (c. 1328-31 December 1384) was inspired to render Jerome's Latin Vulgate into the spoken language of the English people, that they might be better able to understand the scriptures. Today we know that Nicholas of Hereford (died c. 1420) worked extensively on the translation of the Old Testament, completing it by 1382. John Purvey (c. 1354-16 May 1414) was probably responsible for revising the 'early' translation (produced during Wycliffe's lifetime) to the more