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The Holkham Bible (London, British Library, Additional MS 47682) is an illustrated collection of biblical and apocryphal stories in Norman French.The picture book was produced in England during the decades before 1350 for use by an unidentified Dominican friar.
The Wonder Book of Bible Stories is a 1904 collection by Logan Marshall published in the United States. The book includes biblical stories from both the Old and New Testaments retold for children and illustrated with rich woodcuts and color plates. Reprinted several times in the 1920s, it went out of print in 1925.
The different books of the Bible are determined by large decorative first initials; three books were important enough to have full-paged scenes dedicated to them. I Samuel , Judith , and Maccabees all have full page frontispieces but only I Samuel's was actually completed; the other two were left only as drawings.
The Bible and Its Story, Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons is a pedagogical children's book series in 10 volumes published Francis R. Niglutsch in 1908 and 1909 [1]: frontispiece illustrating pivotal scenes from the Holy Bible; edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius August Brewer, it is in the public domain.
The term Poor Man's Bible has come into use in the modern era to describe works of art within churches and cathedrals which either individually or collectively have been created to illustrate the teachings of the Bible for a largely illiterate population. These artworks may take the form of carvings, paintings, mosaics or stained-glass windows.
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