The Phoebus Foundation

Plantin and Montanus – Biblia Regia printed on vellum

With Koen Fillet and Dirk Imhof, former curator of books and archives at the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp.

In this Phoebus Focus episode, Dr Dirk Imhof outlines the context and significance of Christophe Plantin’s Biblia Regia on vellum, one of the most impressive book printing projects of the Renaissance.

A Page of Syriac, Latin, Greek and Aramaic from the New Testament. In: Biblia Regia on Vellum, Antwerp (Christophe Plantin), 1568-1572
Biblia Regia on Vellum, Bound in an Eighteenth-Century Leather Binding, Antwerp (Christphe Plantin), 1568-1572
Title Page of the New Testament. In: Biblia Regia on Vellum, Antwerp (Christophe Plantin), 1568-1572
Title Page of the Pentateuch, In: Biblia Regia on Vellum, Antwerp (Christophe Plantin), 1568-1572