Bible regal

Bible regal (Ger.: Bibelregal), modern name of a regal in form of a book, allegedly first made by the Nürnberg organ builder Georg Voll (d. 1565). This form of regal was made from the mid-16th c. to the 18th c. Also called book regal (2). Adlung, Jacob. Anleitung zur musikalischen Gelahrtheit. Erfurt, 1758.