Fourth part in FCN series on Payette Bibles - Forsyth News

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Fourth part in FCN series on Payette Bibles

Geneva Bible far-reaching in significance

Charles Payette of Forsyth County points to the stunning features of the 453-year-old original binding in the 1561-62 Geneva Bible First Folio Edition. It remains fully armored with brass plates on all four corners and centerpiece. The binding is heavily detailed with French symbolisms all burned into the covers and features Theodore Beza’s initials “TB” in the second center compartment. - photo by Micah Green

Bible9 — Charles Payette of Forsyth County points to the stunning features of the 453-year-old original binding in the 1561-62 Geneva Bible First Folio Edition. It remains fully armored with brass plates on all four corners and centerpiece. The binding is heavily detailed with French symbolisms all burned into the covers and features Theodore Beza’s initials “TB” in the second center compartment. - photo by Micah Green

FORSYTH COUNTY — In this fourth installment of the Forsyth County News series on resident Charles Payette’s Bible collection, two amazing Bibles are featured — The 1561-62 Geneva Bible First Folio Edition and the 1565 Greek First Major Edition New Testament by Theodore Beza. First, some historical background for this particular time period. Readers will recall that during the reign of Queen Mary I of England (1553-58), many Protestants fled from England to Geneva, Switzerland, which was then a republic.

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