Saur Bible

Object/Artifact

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Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Saur Bible

Entry/Object ID

0001.008

Description

In 1776, just prior to the battle of Germantown, PA, Christoph Saur printed 3000 copies of the 3rd edition of a German-language Bible. Most were detroyed by British soldiers who used the pages as gun wad for their rifles, giving this edition the nickname of the "Gun Wad Bible." German language Bible

Collection

Blosser Collection

Acquisition

Accession

0001

Source or Donor

Norman Blosser and Petrea (Ziemke) Coffman

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Donor Requests: Right of first refusal to donors, then Michael Coffman, then Linda Coffman Skornia

Made/Created

Artist

Christoph Saur

Date made

1776

Place

City

Germantown

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Category

08--COMMUNICATION ARTIFACT

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

7-1/2 in

Depth

4 in

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

Nuremberg Bible, 1788

Exhibitions

Notes

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Created By

SRJ

Create Date

July 28, 2006

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

January 7, 2022