"Anonyma" continued. The Bible and other Sacred Books. Commentaries and Concordances. Newspapers and Periodicals. Directories and Annuals.
There are various books which, while not strictly anonymous, are regarded for cataloguing as if they were. Some of these have already been referred to under Societies, but there remain a few others to consider. Among them are the Bible and other sacred books, the Koran, the Talmud, the Vedas, etc.
The Bible calls more frequently for attention than any of the others. All editions of the text or portions of it are entered under the heading "Bible," and, if they are numerous, the entries are sub-divided and arranged in this or some similar order:--
a. The whole Bible (whether including the apocryphal books or not). 1. Original language. Polyglots.
4. All other languages alphabetically by the names of the languages.
5. Selections from the Old and New Testaments in the order of the Books ("Authorised Version"). b. The Old Testament. 1. Hebrew. 2. English. 3. Other languages (as before). 4. Selections from the Old Testament. c. The New Testament. 1. Greek. 2. English. 3. Other languages. 4. Selections from the New Testament.
If there were a number of entries under any one of these sub-divisions, they would be placed in chronological order by editions. The selections, if many, would be arranged first by the names of the books, then by languages, and lastly by editions as before.
A few illustrations typical of the form of entry will be useful.
=Bible, The=: _Old and New Testaments. Greek._ British Museum. Facsimile of the Codex Alexandrinus. 4 v. 4º 1879-83 220.48 _English._ The Holy Bible. 4º _Oxford Univ. Press_, 1857 220.52 -- Authorised version, in the easy reporting style of Pitman's shorthand. 20th cent. ed. n.d. 220.52 _French_. La sainte Bible; traduction d' Ostervald. _Paris_, 1899 220.54 _Italian_. La sacra Bibbia; tradotta da Diodati. _Roma_, 1880 220.55
_Old Testament. Irish_; transl. by Wm. Bedel. 4º 1685 221.562
_Parts of Old Testament._ Genesis; ed. by G. W. Wade. 1896 222.11 -- and part of Exodus: a revised version, with marginal references, &c., by Henry Alford. 1872 222.11 Psalms. _Greek_. The Psalms according to the Septuagint; ed. by H. B. Swete. _Camb._, 1896 223.2 Daniel and Ezra. _Hebrew and English_. John Leusden's translation of all the Syriac verses into pure Biblical Hebrew, with the parallel text in English. 1900 224.5