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008 021212s1637 enka 000 0 eng d
040 $aBZM$cBZM
041 1 $aeng
049 $aBZMW
090 $aBS1422$b.S8 1637
130 0 $aBible.$pO.T.$pPsalms.$sSternhold-Hopkins.$f1637.
245 14 $aThe whole book of Psalmes /$ccollected into English metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them withall. Set forth and alllowed to be sung in all churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening prayer, and also before and after sermons: and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort, laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend onely to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth ...
260 $a[Cambridge]:$bPrinted by the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge,$c1637.
300 $a[10], [78] p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
500 $aTitle page bears biblical citations: James 5 & Colossians 3.
500 $aSignatures: A-E⁸ G[2-3] F[4-5].
500 $aWith music.
500 $aIndo-European family; Teutonic sub-family; West branch; Low Insular group; English language--MBS bookplate.
500 $aCover title: The Whole Booke of Psalmes.
520 $aThis is the Psalter which Queen Elizabeth called a book of "Geneva jigs," and which the Earl of Rochester said would have made King David mad. It was used by the Established Church of England until 1698, and Bishop Jewel says it was a common thing for as many as six thousand persons to be found singing its Psalms at St. Paul's Cross in London.
541 $aMassachusetts Bible Society$cgift.
590 $aAccession No.2306--MBS bookplate.
590 $aAccession date:Jan. 15, 1941--MBS bookplate.
650 0 $aLiturgical language$xEnglish.
650 0 $aSacred vocal music.
700 1 $aSternhold, Thomas,$dd. 1549.
700 1 $aHopkins, John.$dd. 1570.
710 2 $aMassachusetts Bible Society.
791 2 $aSTH Biblical Collections.
791 2 $aSTH Massachusetts Bible Society Collection.
791 2 $aSTH Missions Collections.