The Bible in the Middle Ages: Vulgate Manuscripts, Vernacular Translations, and Use (c. 400–1500)

1. Jerome completes the Latin Vulgate Bible

   Jan 1, 405Labels: Jerome, Latin Vulgate, Biblical Translation

   • Christian History
   • Britannica

2. Ceolfrith commissions three giant pandect Bibles

   Jan 1, 692Labels: Ceolfrith, Wearmouth Jarrow, Pandect Bible

   • Codex Amiatinus

3. Codex Amiatinus produced as a complete Vulgate Bible

   Jan 1, 700Labels: Codex Amiatinus, Wearmouth Jarrow, Vulgate Manuscript

   • York CMS
   • Codex Amiatinus

4. Codex Amiatinus sent toward Rome as a papal gift

   Jan 1, 716Labels: Codex Amiatinus, Papal Gift, Ceolfrith

   • Codex Amiatinus

5. Carolingian reforms promote corrected Bible texts

   Jan 1, 785Labels: Carolingian Reform, Charlemagne, Vulgate Text

   • De litteris
   • Britannica

6. Theodulf of Orléans produces a Vulgate revision

   Jan 1, 800Labels: Theodulf of, Vulgate Revision, Carolingian Court

   • Theodulf DE
   • Britannica

7. Council of Tours urges preaching in local languages

   Jan 1, 813Labels: Council of, Vernacular Preaching, Romance Languages

   • Council Tours
   • Concile Tours

8. Chapter divisions become common in medieval Bible use

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Stephen Langton, Chapter Divisions, Vulgate Use

   • Langton chapters

9. Council of Toulouse restricts lay access to vernacular Bibles

   Jan 1, 1229Labels: Council of, Vernacular Bibles, Lay Access

   • Toulouse 1229

10. Paris develops a standardized one-volume Vulgate format

    Jan 1, 1230Labels: Paris Bible, One-volume Vulgate, University Paris

    • Paris Bible
    • UNT Leaf

11. Wycliffite Bible translations begin in Middle English

    Jan 1, 1382Labels: Wycliffite Translations, Middle English, John Wycliffe

    • Britannica
    • Wycliffe Bible

12. Later Wycliffite revision spreads a more idiomatic English

    Jan 1, 1388Labels: Purvey Revision, Wycliffite Revision, Middle English

    • Wycliffe Bible
    • ME Bible

13. Constitutions of Oxford limit new vernacular translations

    Jan 1, 1407Labels: Constitutions of, Thomas Arundel, Translation Control

    • Oxford Const
    • Wycliffe Bible

14. Gutenberg Bible prints the Vulgate with movable type

    Jan 1, 1455Labels: Gutenberg Bible, Johannes Gutenberg, Printed Vulgate

    • Library Congress
    • Princeton PUL