The Bible Collection (Library of Congress) text catalog text enk monographic Oxford London University Press sold by E. Gardner 1853 eng heb

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[1280] p. ; 15 cm. On March 4, 1861, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney administered the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln using a Bible provided by William Thomas Carroll, clerk of the Supreme Court, because Lincoln's family Bible was packed with other belongings that still were en route to Washington from Springfield, Illinois. In the back of the velvet-covered Bible, along with the seal of the Supreme Court, the volume is annotated: "I, William Thos. Carroll, clerk of the said court do hereby certify that the preceding copy of the Holy Bible is that upon which the Honble. R.B. Taney, Chief Justice of said Court, administered to His Excellency, Abraham Lincoln, the oath of office as President of the United States." The 1,280-page Bible was published in 1853 by the Oxford University Press. In the center of the front cover is a shield, made of gold wash over white metal, with the words "Holy Bible" engraved into it. On January 20, 2009, President-elect Barack Obama also took the oath of office on this Bible. On January 21, 2013, Obama again used the Lincoln Bible, along with the Bible belonging to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. The two Bibles were stacked one on top of the other as the president took the oath of office for the second time. World Digital Library. translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command. For physical description and provenance, see Washington, D.C. Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. Rare Book Library. Presidential inaugural Bibles; catalogue of an exhibition, 1969, no. 16. LC has copy on which President Abraham Lincoln took his oath of office as the 16th president of the United States on March 4, 1861. The ceremony was witnessed by Clerk of the Supreme Court, William Thomas Carroll, who recorded the occasion in the back of this Bible, certified with a U.S. Supreme Court seal on a bright blue paper wafer. This Bible was also used by Barack Obama for his oath of office as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, and the inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013. This Bible is also one of the two used by Donald Trump for his oath of office as the 45th president on January 20, 2017. DLC Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. BS185 1853 .O9 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lincolnbible.1 http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt040.html 78317681 hdl:loc.rbc/lincolnbible.1 http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt040.html DLC 780809 20260612124839.6 2270325 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng