k-mktr/vulgata_la

Vulgate (382-406 AD)

Description

The Latin translation of the Bible by St. Jerome (Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, c. 347-420 AD), commissioned by Pope Damasus I. Jerome translated the Old Testament from the original Hebrew (uniquely for his time, when most Latin translations relied on the Greek Septuagint) and the New Testament from the Greek. The work was completed between 382 and 406 AD. The Vulgate ('common' or 'popular' version) became the standard Latin Bible of the Western Church and was declared the official Bible of the Catholic Church by the Council of Trent in 1546. It includes the Catholic canon (73 books) with deuterocanonical books. Jerome's Vulgate profoundly influenced Western theology, liturgy, and literature for over a millennium. This dataset uses the Clementine Vulgate text.

Dataset Structure

Each row represents one Bible verse.

Column	Type	Description
translation_id	string	Translation identifier
translation	string	Full translation name
language	string	Language code
book_number	int32	Book number (1-73)
book	string	Book name
book_abbr	string	Book abbreviation
chapter	int32	Chapter number
verse	string	Verse number (may include suffixes like 13a)
verse_number	int32	Numeric part of verse
verse_suffix	string	Verse suffix (e.g. a, b) or null
verse_id	string	Unique verse identifier ({book_abbr}_{chapter}_{verse})
text	string	Verse text

Statistics

• Books: 73
• Verses: 35248
• Language: Latin
• Format: Parquet (ZSTD compressed)
• File size: 1.54 MB

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("k-mktr/vulgata_la", split="train")
print(dataset[0])
# {'translation_id': 'vulgata_la', 'book': '...', 'chapter': 1, 'verse': '1', 'text': '...'}

License

Public domain (Vulgate translation by Jerome, 382-406 AD).