Early Bible Illustrations: A Short Study Based on Some Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Printed Texts

by James Strachan and James Strahan

Mr Strachan was asked if he could identify or explain the illustrations in an edition of the English Great Bible of 1541. Some were simple, others quite baffling. He set out to discover their meaning and history, and succeeded in tracing their derivation. At each stage a possible influence or explanation pointed a stage farther back; in the end he found that he had to cover virtually the whole history of illustration in printed bibles during their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052110002X
• ISBN13: 9780521100021
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"