Which Vulgate Do You Have? - How to know if you have the Clementine, Stuttgart, or the Nova Vulgate

How do you know which "Vulgate" you have? Open up your Latin Vulgate to Genesis 3:20. How is Eve's name spelled? This will immediately tell which "Vulgate" you have in your hands:

• If it's spelled Heva: Clementine Vulgate (1592) - the standard printed Vulgate of the Catholic Church for Scripture and Liturgy until the Nova Vulgata (1979)
  
• If it's spelled Hava: Stuttgart Vulgate (1969) - a scholarly critical edition of the Vulgate from the German Bible Society, not used in the liturgies of the Catholic Church. This is an academic Vulgate with a critical apparatus - it often includes the Pslater iuxta Hebraeos.
  
• If it's spelled Eva: Nova Vulgata (1979) - the official Catholic edition of the Vulgate currently used in the liturgies of the Catholic Church (i.e. Missale Romanum 1969 & Liturgia Horarum)
  

This is the only fool-proof way for knowing which edition of the Vulgate that you have in your hands. So grab your Vulgate and check it out. I checked out the New Advent Vulgate at Gen 3:20 and happily discovered that it's the Clementine Vulgate.

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