This exhibition features approximately 40 manuscript and printed bibles, spanning nearly eight centuries. Guest curators Mark Morford, professor emeritus of classics at the University of Virginia, and Graham Christian, of the Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies, have selected highlights from the Mortimer Rare Book Room in order to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, first printed in England in 1611. Although our collection does not include a complete printing of the first edition, it does own two original leaves. The Mortimer Rare Book Room also contains many other significant versions of the bible, some with splendid bindings.

See the article about Morford in the Daily Hampshire Gazette (April 11, 2011).

Contact
Mortimer Rare Book Room,
Neilson Library
(413) 585-2906
bblument@smith.edu