POLYGLOT

(Gr. jraXt-ir, and yXbirra^ language.) A word generally applied to such Bibles as have been printed with the text represented in various languages. The most ancient instance of this parallel representation of various texts is the work of Origen, known by the name of the Hexapla, in imitation of which several similar editions of the Scriptures have been published since the invention of printing; of which the most important are, — 1. The Com plu tens i an, or edition of Cardinal Ximenes, printed at Alcala in Spain, 1516, in four languages, comprehended in six vols, folio. 2. The Plant in, Antwerp, 1572. 3. The Polyglot of De Sacy, Paris, 1645. 4. The English, or Walton's Polyglot, London, 1657. These contain among them the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, and Samaritan texts, with Latin versions of each; the Scptuagint, tho Greek of the New Testament, the Italic and the Vulgate; with some of the Hebrew and Chaldee paraphrases, and copious indexes and grammatical illustrations. 5. Mutter's Polyglot, Nuremberg, 1 599, contains twelve languages; the "Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, Latin, German, Bohemian, Italian, Spanish, French, English, Danish, and Polish. [s. 969]