This was the first complete Bible to be printed in English, including both Old and New Testaments

A translation from German, it was published in Cologne by the Protestant scholar Miles Coverdale

It was much influenced by Tyndale: Coverdale made few changes to the earlier text

This linguistic conservatism would later influence the authorized versions

This complete Bible was the first to be printed in England, under the royal licence of Henry VIII

The text is attributed to the chamberlain of Colchester, Thomas Matthew, but it was compiled by John Rogers, a friend of Tyndale

The translation is based largely on Tyndale, with some influence of Coverdale

This was the first of many official versions for use in Protestant England

So-called because of its physical size (9" x 13.5")

It is a revision of Matthew's Bible by Coverdale, and was revised itself in 1540

It is often called Cranmer's Bible, because Archbishop Thomas Cranmer wrote a Preface to it

Its influence was unprecedented: a copy was placed by law in every parish church in the country, and the public reading aloud of the Scriptures became widespread