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  • The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.
  • Episodes in the Bible and examples of devotional practice. Collage of colour lithographs and process prints after Harold Copping and others.
  • The entrance to a temple (a portico with an arch) representing access to the Bible. Drawing by or after John Chantry, 1668.
  • The entrance to a temple (a portico with an arch) representing access to the Bible. Drawing by or after John Chantry, 1668.
  • The Virgin sets aside her Bible as the angel appears, holding out his hand and bearing lilies. Engraving after F. Barocci (?).
  • A drunkard stands before his poor family and swears by the Holy Bible. Wood-engraving by J. Johnston, c. 1864, after G. Cruikshank.
  • Saint Geneviève seated under a Gothic canopy, holding the Bible; a lamb at her side; a church in the background. Coloured engraving, ca. 1800.
  • A hospital ward showing sick patients being tended to by medical staff, after a quote from the Bible (Matt. 25.36). Line engraving by C. Galle.
  • A monk kissing a nun on the mouth; an open book (Bible?), a birch rod and a jug at their feet. Watercolour by M. Anderson (Cynicus).
  • Saint Francis of Assisi, holding a crucifix, kneeling in front of a Bible. Engraving by H. Guttenberg after I.J. Van den Berg after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • A young woman in distress at an altar being pressed by a cleric to read a passage of the Bible. Engraving by F. Bacon after Solomon Hart.
  • The rich visiting the poor and needy bringing alms, with a quote from the Bible. Line engraving by B. Baron, 1728, after a painting attributed to Frans Francken I.
  • Johann Förster, a German wine merchant, with his hand on a bible. Engraving by J. Sandrart, c. 1674, after H. Popp.
  • Physique sacrée, ou histoire-naturelle de la Bible / Traduite du latin de Mr. Jean-Jaques Scheuchzer ... Enrichie de figures en taille-douce, gravées par les soins de Jean André Pfeffel.
  • Physique sacrée, ou histoire-naturelle de la Bible / Traduite du latin de Mr. Jean-Jaques Scheuchzer ... Enrichie de figures en taille-douce, gravées par les soins de Jean André Pfeffel.
  • Physique sacrée, ou histoire-naturelle de la Bible / Traduite du latin de Mr. Jean-Jaques Scheuchzer ... Enrichie de figures en taille-douce, gravées par les soins de Jean André Pfeffel.
  • Saint Geneviève is holding the Bible and a torch which an angel lights with a candle but a devil tries to extinguish with bellows; Notre Dame Cathedral in the background. Engraving.
  • The Holy Bible : containing the Old Testament and the New, newly translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesties special command.
  • A woman leaning on a tombstone in a graveyard reading from her bible. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran after Joseph John Jenkins, 1839.
  • A young woman sits on the floor at the feet of her grandmother who has been reading from the Bible on the table nearby. Colour woodcut by Edmund Evans after J.E. Millais.
  • Saint Gaetano kneeling, looking up at the Virgin and Christ seated on a cloud amid cherubs; cherub holding the Bible in the foreground. Engraving by G.B. Cipriani after A.D. Gabbiani, ca. 1760.
  • A woman personifying religion stands leaning on a cross and on top of a skeleton while holding up a bible. Etching by Crispin de Passe.
  • Mademoiselle de La Vallière reading from the Bible to a sick paralysed woman, another prays while a dog welcomes the encouraging Saint Anselm. Coloured stipple engraving by L.C. Ruotte, 17--, after J.F. Schall.
  • Above, Jesus Christ and M. Georg Michaelis point to the Bible placed on an altar; below left, a man seeking that he may find; below right, Archimedes stepping out of the bath saying "Eureka". Engraving, 1733.
  • An old couple sitting, the man leans over on his walking stick to listen to the woman reading from the bible. Line engraving after G. Dou.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.