05389cam a2200637Ia 4500 ocn773291306 OCoLC 20200709055450.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120119s2010 alua ob 000 0 eng d 2010932892 N$T eng pn N$T E7B OCLCQ OCLCA P@U OCLCF DKDLA CN8ML CDN AU@ COO YDXCP OCLCQ EBLCP OCLCQ AZK 781538705 785776433 794700453 842287581 870416116 961491652 962716411 9780817384005 (electronic bk.) 0817384006 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)773291306 (OCoLC)781538705 (OCoLC)785776433 (OCoLC)794700453 (OCoLC)842287581 (OCoLC)870416116 (OCoLC)961491652 (OCoLC)962716411 PROJMUSE CostPaid FormOnline AccessRestricted GovNo BS1440 .C47 2010eb REL 006210 bisacsh REL 006740 bisacsh 223.2 23 MAIN Christie-Miller, Ian. The digital Bay Psalm book : a virtual reconstruction of the new world's first English-language book / Ian Christie-Miller ; with a forword by Kevin Cattrell ; and an introduction by Wilberforce Eames. Tuscaloosa, Ala : University of Alabama Press, ©2010. 1 online resource (xvii, 333, pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 19, 2012). Includes bibliographical references. In 1638, the first printing press was imported to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a group of local religious leadersincluding, it is thought, Richard Mather, John Cotton, and Richard Eliotset about to create a plain and familiar translation of the psalms and words of David into English metre for use in the colonys church meetings. Earlier psalteries had been brought to the New World by colonists, but in Puritan thought they had strayed too far from the original Hebrew text. In 1640, The Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre was published in Cambridge; it was the first book published in the American Colonies. The Bay Psalm Book, as it has come to be known, consists of a substantial introduction summarizing the creators philosophy and intentions, followed by translations of the Psalms rendered into meter, enabling them to be sung to well-known tunes of the day. The psaltery was soon in widespread use on both sides of the Atlantic. It went through multiple printings and editions before being succeeded by newer texts in later decades. Generations of theologians and scholars have turned to The Bay Psalm Book, considering it from a variety of perspectives. Besides its significance as a religious treatise, spiritual guide, and historical document, The Bay Psalm Book is also recognized as an important milestone in the evolution of the American musical tradition. In recent years, a new generation of scholars has returned to the book, seeing it from fresh perspectivesas a social document, for example, and as a physical artifact of early American life in the Massachusetts Bay area. The Digital Bay Psalm Book gives scholars, researchers, and enthusiasts alike a rich and intimate experience of the book as it was known by its earliest readers. As an electronic-only publication offered as a downloadable PDF, The Digital Bay Psalm Book takes advantage of digital technology to offer meticulously rendered photographs of the 7.25 x 4 inch book, one of several once owned by Thomas Prince, scholar and minister of Bostons Old South Church from 1718 to 1758. In this format, users are able to zoom in to examine each individual page, the quality of the paper and printing, marginalia, notes, and other marks accrued over the centuries, yielding insights into the owners use and understanding of the text as well as the very life of the book itself. In addition, Christie-Miller provides four supplements that shed light on the technology and craft that went into the creation of Americas first English-language book. Master record variable field(s) change: 630 Bible. Psalms. English. Bay Psalm book. Bible. Psalms Paraphrases, English. Bible. Psalms. Bible. Psalms. fast (OCoLC)fst01808097 Psalms (Music) RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament. bisacsh RELIGION Biblical Studies Wisdom Literature. bisacsh Psalms (Music) fast (OCoLC)fst01080775 Multi-User Electronic books. Paraphrases. fast (OCoLC)fst01423839 Cattrell, Kevin. Eames, Wilberforce. Print version: Christie-Miller, Ian. Digital Bay Psalm book. Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 2010 (DLC) 2010932892 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=420098 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3038158 ebrary EBRY ebr10527817 EBSCOhost EBSC 420098 Project MUSE MUSE muse9065 YBP Library Services YANK 7407980 92 N$T 50894 50894