John Brown’s Self-Interpreting Bible and an early depiction of America
With the recent establishment of the J. Michael Morgan English Bible & Psalmody Collection, Pitts Theology Library has become a premier library for the study of the Bible in translation. Among the library’s incredible Bible holdings are many of the first Bibles ever printed in the new American nation.…
The year of physical media
Did you notice that 2023 was the year of physical media? It seems like almost overnight everyone was talking about the importance of having access to physical media. This conversation was mostly started when our favorite shows and films started leaving streaming platforms. At Pitts, we’ve always known that physical…
Pitts to host Professor Andrew Pettegree for Kessler Table Talk
Professor Andrew Pettegree will lecture on “Book History’s New Frontier and the Perils of Big Data” Pitts Theology Library is excited to welcome Professor Andrew Pettegree, of the University of St. Andrews, to give the Spring “Table Talk” keynote lecture, “Book History’s New Frontier and the Perils of Big Data,” on…
An early metrical Psalter with a special history
1567 BIBL E The vvhole Psalter translated into English metre, which contayneth an hundreth and fifty Psalmes. (London: John Day, 1567). Metrical Psalters, which are books of the Psalms recomposed to fit a vernacular meter, became very popular following the Protestant Reformation and the spread of German, English, and…
