Crossway ESV Creeds and Confessions Bible with Red Badalassi Carlo Minerva Box Cowhide

Creeds and confessions have been used throughout Christian history to summarize the Bible's teaching, distilling the key truths of Scripture into concise and succinct propositions. The ESV Bible with Creeds and Confessions contains 13 important creeds and confessions from church history placed after the complete ESV text, including the Apostles' Creed, the Belgic Confession, and the Heidelberg Catechism. Introductions written by theologian Chad Van Dixhoorn explain the history and original purpose of each, helping modern Christians see how these historic documents were designed to faithfully teach the truths of Scripture_truths aimed at shaping and motivating the lives of all who follow Christ.

Minerva Box Vegetable Tanned Leather comes from the Badalassi Carlo Tannery in Tuscany, Italy. They are well known for their traditional methods of vegetable tanning with tree barks that go back 100's of years. Minerva Box is a full grain cowhide that is offered in striking hues. As a naturally tumbled leather, its surface is littered with non-uniform variations of pebbled textures. These features add personality and depth to the final product, not to mention the promise of a rich patina with time and wear.

This veg tan leather is their top grade, it is full grain and has a nice supple feel with a small amount of firmness. Minerva Box is a vacchetta leather that is infused with special blend of Italian fat wax giving it the famous hand and feel attributed with the vacchetta name. The grain has a natural pebbled texture that adds beautiful depth to the leather. Because it a natural pebble grain, it may have some slight variation throughout the hide.

Minerva Box leather is dry milled (Tumbled), meaning this leather undergoes a tumbling process in heated drums, resulting in a softer feel, a wrinkled texture, and a distressed appearance. Milling is a process that allows individual hide to produce its own naturally unique grain. Sizing and irregularity is variable and will depend on the dermal fiber and thickness of the hides.

Note: This cover has one small scar located on the back of the Bible’s cover. Scaring on Minerva Box leather creates a dark mark in the area of the scar.

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Features:

• Red Badalassi Carlo Minerva Box Cowhide Cover

• Semi-Yapp

• Red Hand Stitched Perimeter

• Hand Tooled Perimeter

• Ocean Lambskin Liner

• Ocean Lambskin Covered End Sheets

• Gold Gilt Line

• Gold Page Gilding

• Mulberry Page Dye

• 3 Burgundy 10mm Berisford Double Satin Ribbons

• Reinforced Spine with Oxford Hollow

• Gold Foil Spine Stamping

• Number of Pages: 1424

• Vendor: Crossway

• Publication Date: 2025

• Dimensions: 9.13 X 6.13 (inches)

• 13 Historic Creeds and Confessions Placed in the Back:

• Apostles' Creed (ca. 200-400)

• Nicene Creed (325)

• Athanasian Creed (381)

• Chalcedonian Definition (451)

• Augsburg Confession (1530)

• Belgic Confession (1561)

• Articles of Religion (1563)

• Canons of Dort (1618-19)

• Westminster Confession (1646)

• London Baptist Confession (1689)

• Heidelberg Catechism (1563)

• Westminster Larger Catechism (1647)

• Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647)