ITALIC VERSION, THE

ITALIC VERSION, THE
   a version of the Scriptures into Latin on the basis of the Septuagint, executed in N. Italy under episcopal authority from other versions in circulation; being of mixed quality and far from satisfactory, JEROME, ST. (q.v.) undertook its revision with the view of a new translation into Latin known as the Vulgate direct from the Hebrew and Greek originals.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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