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Bible Collection (#96)

The Bible, a timeless collection of sacred texts, holds within its pages the stories and teachings that have shaped the course of human history

Background imageBible Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer gravity comet

1731 Johann Scheuchzer gravity comet
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) God " opening the windows of heaven", astronomical phenomenon showing orbits and gravitational effects on comets etc

Background imageBible Collection: 1682 Bible Hydra - Beast of Apocalypse CU

1682 Bible Hydra - Beast of Apocalypse CU
1682 Engraving Pieter van de Borcht from " Bybelsche figuuren". See Gessners hydra. Revelation (Apocalypse) CHAPTER 13 And I stood upon the sand of the sea

Background imageBible Collection: 1731 Scheuchzer Creation 3rd day plants

1731 Scheuchzer Creation 3rd day plants
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) folio copper engraving of the third day of creation (plants)

Background imageBible Collection: 1731 Scheuchzer Creation Adam & Eve 1731 Scheuchzer Creation Adam & Eve

1731 Scheuchzer Creation Adam & Eve 1731 Scheuchzer Creation Adam & Eve
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) creation of Eve from Adams rib, folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of Johann Andreas Pfeffel

Background imageBible Collection: 1674 Animal Creation According to Genesis

1674 Animal Creation According to Genesis
1674 Copperplate engraving, Creation of the birds, fishes and large marine life (Genesis 1. 20-23 Day 5) under the Hebrew divine word of God

Background imageBible Collection: Scheuchzer portrait 17th / 18thC naturalist

Scheuchzer portrait 17th / 18thC naturalist
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (born August 2nd 1672 - died June 23rd 1733). Swiss traveller naturalist and geologist. Contemporary Folio size Portrait copper engraving at 59 years old (1731)

Background imageBible Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 5 / 6th day

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 5 / 6th day
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) folio copper engraving of the fifth day of creation (with later hand colouring)

Background imageBible Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer astronomy orbits

1731 Johann Scheuchzer astronomy orbits
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) astronomy the heavens revealing the glory of God, folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of

Background imageBible Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 5th day

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 5th day
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) fifth day of creation (sea creatures) folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of Johann Andreas

Background imageBible Collection: Northern hemisphere map, 16th Century

Northern hemisphere map, 16th Century
Northern hemisphere. A 16th century map of the Northern Hemisphere in a circular projection. The centre of the map is the north pole

Background imageBible Collection: 1863 Adam and Eve from zoology textbook

1863 Adam and Eve from zoology textbook
1863 hand coloured lithograph by Raimondo Petraroja from the second volume (primates and monkeys) of Giovanni Boschi (editor) Atlante Zoologico Popolare. Published series from 1863-1879. Italy

Background imageBible Collection: 1766 David Hume philosopher of science

1766 David Hume philosopher of science
David Hume, Scottish enlightenment philosopher (7th May 1711 - 25th August 1776). Steel engraving by W. Holl in " Gallery of Portraits" 1837, with later colouring

Background imageBible Collection: 1691 John Rays Natural Theology

1691 John Rays Natural Theology
" The Wisdom of God manifested in the Works of Creation" by John Ray. A photograph of the ninth edition of 1727 with quill pen

Background imageBible Collection: 1812 Cuvier on Scheuchzers flood victim

1812 Cuvier on Scheuchzers flood victim
Illustration in Vol. 4 of Cuviers " Ossamens Fossiles" 1812. In 1726 Scheuchzer illustrated Homo Diluvii testis as a fossil human victim of the flood

Background imageBible Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer Hairy Esau Bible

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Hairy Esau Bible
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) " Hairy Esau" folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of Johann Andreas Pfeffel

Background imageBible Collection: 1749 God creates solar system and planets

1749 God creates solar system and planets
Copperplate engraving from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon " Histoire Naturelle" Volume 1, Plate 1. " Of the Formation of the Planets" 1749. N. Blakey del. and St

Background imageBible Collection: 1749 Buffon Histoire Naturelle first eds

1749 Buffon Histoire Naturelle first eds
Spines of two first edition books (1749) " Histoire Naturelle, generale et particuliere". The first of 36 Volumes by the Compte de Buffon published between 1749 and 1789

Background imageBible Collection: 1749 Buffon angel creation of the Earth

1749 Buffon angel creation of the Earth
Copperplate engraving from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon " Histoire Naturelle" Volume 1, Plate 2. " History and theory of the Earth" 1749. Bouchare del

Background imageBible Collection: William Tyndale, English scholar

William Tyndale, English scholar
William Tyndale (c. 1492-1536), English theologian and biblical scholar. Tyndale was born near Dursley in Gloucestershire and was educated at Magdalene College School, Oxford

Background imageBible Collection: Creation of Eve, artwork

Creation of Eve, artwork
Creation of Eve. Medieval artwork of God creating Eve from Adams rib. This scene forms part of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. Image taken from a French Hour book (1520)

Background imageBible Collection: Mesha Stele

Mesha Stele. Illustration of part of the text on the Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite stone. The basalt stone bears an inscription by Mesha, the Moabite king, from circa 840BC

Background imageBible Collection: Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch theologian

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch theologian
Desiderius Erasmus (c.1466-1536), Dutch humanist theologian. Born Gerrit Gerritszoon at Gouda, Erasmus was orphaned at the age of 17, and was sent to study in monastic schools

Background imageBible Collection: Thomas Aquinas, Italian priest

Thomas Aquinas, Italian priest
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Dominican priest, theologian, philosopher and saint. Aquinass work on Scholasticism, the attempt to reconcile Christianity with Aristotelian philosophy

Background imageBible Collection: Daniel Heinsius, Dutch poet and scholar

Daniel Heinsius, Dutch poet and scholar
Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655), Dutch poet and scholar. Heinsius was born a Ghent and educated at Franeker where he studied law. In 1598 he settled at Leiden where he joined the university faculty

Background imageBible Collection: PIUS V (1504-1572). Pope, 1566-1572. Contemporary Mannerist portrait

PIUS V (1504-1572). Pope, 1566-1572. Contemporary Mannerist portrait

Background imageBible Collection: SAINT MARK. Illumination from an Austrian Gospel, mid-13th century

SAINT MARK. Illumination from an Austrian Gospel, mid-13th century

Background imageBible Collection: SAINT MATTHEW Writing his gospel at the dictation of an angel

SAINT MATTHEW Writing his gospel at the dictation of an angel. Miniature from a 9th century French manuscript

Background imageBible Collection: SAINT MARK In an illumination from a Russian Greek Lectionary, 1596

SAINT MARK In an illumination from a Russian Greek Lectionary, 1596

Background imageBible Collection: SAINT LUKE. Illumination from an Austrian Gospel, mid-13th century

SAINT LUKE. Illumination from an Austrian Gospel, mid-13th century

Background imageBible Collection: SAINT LUKE In initial P : illumination from a Bohemian Bible, 1391, in Latin

SAINT LUKE In initial P : illumination from a Bohemian Bible, 1391, in Latin
SAINT LUKE In initial " P" : illumination from a Bohemian Bible, 1391, in Latin

Background imageBible Collection: SAINT MARK Riding his symbol: illumination from an English Latin Gospel, c1130

SAINT MARK Riding his symbol: illumination from an English Latin Gospel, c1130

Background imageBible Collection: NATIVITY WITH SHEPHERDS. Illumination from a Roman Book of Hours, 1546

NATIVITY WITH SHEPHERDS. Illumination from a Roman Book of Hours, 1546

Background imageBible Collection: SAINT LUKE. Illumination from a Greek Gospel, 13th century

SAINT LUKE. Illumination from a Greek Gospel, 13th century

Background imageBible Collection: SAINT MARK. Illumination from a Greek Gospel, 13th century

SAINT MARK. Illumination from a Greek Gospel, 13th century

Background imageBible Collection: SAINT MATTHEW. Illumination from a Greek Gospel, 13th century

SAINT MATTHEW. Illumination from a Greek Gospel, 13th century

Background imageBible Collection: ST. LUKE In an illumination from a late 10th century French Latin gospel

ST. LUKE In an illumination from a late 10th century French Latin gospel

Background imageBible Collection: SAINT MARK In an illumination from late 10th century French Latin gospel

SAINT MARK In an illumination from late 10th century French Latin gospel

Background imageBible Collection: MUSICIANS. Illumination from the Olomouc Bible, 1417, Czechoslovakia

MUSICIANS. Illumination from the Olomouc Bible, 1417, Czechoslovakia

Background imageBible Collection: Palm Sunday procession, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Palm Sunday procession, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Background imageBible Collection: Bible and rosary, St. Gervais, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Bible and rosary, St. Gervais, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Background imageBible Collection: Latin Bible, France, Europe

Latin Bible, France, Europe

Background imageBible Collection: READING THE SCRIPTURES. Undated lithograph by Nathaniel Currier

READING THE SCRIPTURES. Undated lithograph by Nathaniel Currier

Background imageBible Collection: PRESBYTERIANISM, 1847. Presbyterian Catechising. Oil on canvas, 1847

PRESBYTERIANISM, 1847. Presbyterian Catechising. Oil on canvas, 1847, by the Scottish artist John Phillip (1817-1867)

Background imageBible Collection: Bible and rosary, Madikwe, South Africa, Africa

Bible and rosary, Madikwe, South Africa, Africa

Background imageBible Collection: Psalm, Bible, La Salette, Isere, France, Europe

Psalm, Bible, La Salette, Isere, France, Europe

Background imageBible Collection: Close-up of the Bible, La Salette, Isere, France, Europe

Close-up of the Bible, La Salette, Isere, France, Europe

Background imageBible Collection: PBIB2A-00075

PBIB2A-00075
John the Baptist criticizing Herod, ruler of Palestine. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBible Collection: Peter holding a key

Peter holding a key
Saint Peter holding the keys to Heaven. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration




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The Bible, a timeless collection of sacred texts, holds within its pages the stories and teachings that have shaped the course of human history. From Jesus turning to Peter with unwavering love and forgiveness to the intricate illustrations in the Book of Kells depicting St. Matthew's divine inspiration, every word and image carries profound meaning. In exploring this ancient text, we encounter contrasting figures like Anton Lavey, who sought to challenge traditional beliefs through his Satanic Bible. Yet amidst these diverse interpretations lies a common thread—the power of faith. One such testament is found in Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee—a reminder that even in life's most turbulent moments, there is solace in surrendering ourselves to a higher power. Similarly, Rembrandt van Rijn's Supper at Emmaus captures an intimate moment where Christ reveals himself through breaking bread—an invitation for us all to find comfort and communion with our fellow believers. The friendship between David and Jonathan exemplifies loyalty and devotion beyond measure—showcasing how genuine connections can transcend societal boundaries. Meanwhile, Lindisfarne Gospels' intricately decorated pages remind us that art has long been used as a medium for expressing religious devotion. Moses holding his hands up during battle symbolizes both physical strength and spiritual reliance—a lesson on perseverance when faced with adversity. The First Passover serves as a poignant reminder of liberation from bondage—a story celebrated by countless generations throughout history. Bible events like Samson's extraordinary strength highlight humanity's capacity for greatness but also serve as cautionary tales about pride and temptation. And within icons like St. Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury lies legends surrounding relics such as the Holy Grail—an enduring fascination with objects believed to hold divine significance. Finally, we witness Jesus sharing his last meal with his apostles—the Last Supper—an act forever etched into our collective memory as a symbol of sacrifice and redemption.