Quote#Wisdom
After the invention of the printing-press, and before the…
Quote byPhilip Schaff · 1819–1893
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: German versions of the Bible that preceded the Luther Bible.
English (original)
After the invention of the printing-press, and before the Reformation, this mediaeval German Bible was more frequently printed than any other except the Latin Vulgate.Ninety-seven editions of the Vulgate were printed between 1450 and 1500,—28 in Italy (nearly all in Venice), 16 in Germany, 10 in Basel, 9 in France. See Fritzsche in Herzog ii, vol. VIII. 450.
— Philip Schaff
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The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.