Large Parchment and Bill PutnamThe Latin Text contained in the Large Parchment was copied from a version of the Vulgate created by John Wordsworth and Henry J. White entitled 'Nouum Testamentum Domini Nostri Iesu Christi latine secundum sancti Hieronymi', published by Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889-1954 - the Latin text contained in the Large Parchment was originally identified by Classics scholar Bill Putnam - who published his findings with co-author John Edwin Wood in their 2003 book 'The Treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau: A Mystery Solved' (Sutton Publishers). This was not a "hypothesis" but a fact - Bill Putnam understands Latin probably better than English!  St Jerome's version of the Bible - which later
became known as the 'Vulgate' - has not survived - there is no
first edition of Jerome's Bible in existence - Wordsworth and
White chose a series of Latin texts they personally believed were
the most trustworthy and reliable that most closely matched the
original version of the Bible that was created by St Jerome -
that is why Wordsworth and White's study was entitled 'Secundum
Editionem Sancti Hieronymi' - 'Nouum Testamentum' is therefore
the unique creation of John Wordsworth and Henry J. White.  An online transcript of the Latin text from
Wordsworth & White's version of the Vulgate, containing minor
mistakes in the transcription, can be found here:  priory-of-sion.com |