Sixtine

English Etymology From en la-new sixtīnus. Pronunciation en sixteen Adjective - en Sistine. III 38 The ceremonies of Holy Week at Rome, have been much spoken of. Foreigners come thither expressly, during Lent, to enjoy this spectacle; and as the music of the Sixtine Chapel, and the illumination of St. Peter, are beauties unique in themselves, it is natural that they should excite a lively curiosity; en John Radley A Defence of the Proceedings of the British & Foreign Bible Society in Reference to the (So-Called) Roman-Catholic Versions: with a Plea for Their Continued Circulation 3rd London W. Kent and Co.,51 and 52, Paternoster Row 1857 21 And yet this very ancient Latin version gives us this various reading, in its very earliest editions, long before the appearance of the Sixtine and Clementine editions, with their Papal sanctions. en Ernst Würthwein Ernst Würthwein Erroll F. Rhodes The Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Biblia Hebraica 2nd Grand Rapids, Mich. w:William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 1995 76 0-8028-0788-7 The Sixtine edition (Rome, 1587) was an officially sponsored edition commissioned by Pope Sixtus V. en eponyms