Chronology

Published

January 6, 2025

Important fixed points

The colophons to the three main sections of the project give explicit dates for their printing. In chronological order, they are:

  • New Testament (volume 5): January 10, 1514
  • Hebrew lexicon and other reference materials (volume 6): March 17, 1515
  • The multilingual Old Testament (volumes 1-4): July 10, 1517

The papal authorization to publish the work is dated March 22, 1520.

Some copies include a second note from Pope Leo X referring to the death of Cisneros, which occurred on November 8 1520.1

References

Lyell, James P. R. 1917. Cardinal Ximenes, statesman, ecclesiastic, soldier and man of letters: with an account of the Complutensian polyglot Bible. ATLA monograph preservation program. London: Grafton & Co.

Footnotes

  1. Death date: (Lyell 1917, 28). Lyell states (p. 35) that the authorized volumes were not “put into circulation” until 1522, but does not cite evidence for this date.↩︎