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Payette Bible Series — 1610 Geneva Bible in Octavo
Eighth installment in Forsyth resident's remarkable collection
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Examine this close-up of the heavily detailed woodcut title page to the New Testament of this 1610 Geneva Bible, part of Forsyth County resident Charles Payette’s collection. Recall how the printer’s issue of this Geneva Bible displayed the menorah. Now we find an elaborate woodcut with a heart-shaped center. Each side is flanked with the tribes of Israel and the apostles. Once again, the entire page is not only a woodcut work of art in its own right but also carefully hand ruled in red at a tremendous time and expense to the owner. This title page format would be used on many of the Geneva Bibles, as well as their rival King James Bible editions. - photo by Micah Green
FORSYTH COUNTY — In this eighth installment of the Forsyth County News series on resident Charles Payette’s Bible collection, readers will become familiar with a small, museum-quality 1610 Geneva Bible in Octavo. “Octavo” refers to the size of the Bible, which is quite small. Measuring 151 millimeters by 89 millimeters, the Bible is considered “pocket-sized” compared with most other Bibles from this period.