Allan's Ruby & Cambridge Pitt Minion Compared
I'll be writing more about both the Pitt Minion and the R. L. Allan's Ruby KJV shortly, but I thought you might be interested in some side-by-side photos I took for a reader who asked how they compared. These were quick shots, so excuse the quality. If you're wondering how they stack up, though, this might help.
Above: The Ruby on top, the Pitt Minion on bottom. Both in black goatskin.
Above: As you can see, the Ruby (top) is thicker but smaller -- it's footprint exaggerated by the full-yapp cover edges.
Above: The color needs correcting, but you get a sense of the differing layouts and sizes.
I should probably add that it's very unusual for me to snap photos like this on request -- it just so happened I had the camera handy and the Bibles, too.
J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor whose writing on Bible design has helped spark a publishing revolution. Mark is the author of Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World (Crossway, 2007), as well as the novels Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide—described as a “series worth getting attached to” (Christianity Today) by “a major crime fiction talent” (Weekly Standard) in the vein of Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, and Henning Mankell.
Mark has a BA in English Literature from Union University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, and an M.Div. from Heidelberg Theological Seminary. Through his influential Bible Design Blog, Mark has championed a new generation of readable Bibles. He is a founding member of the steering committee of the Society of Bible Craftsmanship, and chairs the Society’s Award Committee. His work was featured in the November 2021 issue of FaithLife’s Bible Study Magazine.
Mark also serves on the board of Worldview Academy, where he has been a member of the faculty of theology since 2003. Since 2017, he has been an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his wife Laurie life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.