This commission was followed by additional work for British publishers, including a new illustrated English Bible.
Phillips's vision was of "a program in classical English Bible."
Lovett formed for himself a collection of early English Bibles and kindred works, which was dispersed after his death.
With folios measuring 583 x 396 mm., it is the largest surviving 12th-century English Bible.
The order of the books is as found in published Tanakhim, rather than that of common English Bibles.
One of the rarities is an ornate page from the earliest known English Bible.
Our English Bible is a wonderful specimen of the strength and music of the English language.
The name is translated in the Latin Vulgate and most English Bibles.
British publishers asked him to do more work, including a new illustrated English Bible.
He served as Old Testament editor on the new Common English Bible, published in 2011.