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Erasmus' Paraphrase on the Gospels

By A YORKSHIRE SUBSCRIBER.

I have in my charge of the mutilated remains of an old blackletter copy of *Erasmus' Paraphrase on the Gospels*, not of any great value perhaps, but interesting to me from its having been chained from time immemorial (so to speak) to one of the stalls in our parish church; it is only perfect from Mark, fol. lxiiii. to John fol. cxiii., but I should be glad to know the date, &c. of its publication. Presuming, therefore, that one of the objects of your interesting publication is to aid in solving the minor difficulties of person like myself, who have no means of consulting any large collections…

Topics: Gospel Variations, Historical Publications

Locations: London, Basill, Basile