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    The Biblia pauperum (Latin for "Paupers' Bible") was a tradition of picture Bibles beginning probably with Ansgar, and a common printed block-book in...
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    so-called Biblia pauperum, which are biblical picture books, either in illuminated manuscript or printed "block-book" form. The illuminated Biblia Pauperum, despite...
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    Congress. South German, possibly Ulm, c. 1475, Bavarian State Library Biblia Pauperum or "Bible of the Poor", a comparison of Old and New Testament stories...
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    Vulgate (redirect from Biblia Vulgata)
    of the Vulgate Eva: the Nova Vulgata Bible translations into Latin Biblia Pauperum Books of the Vulgate Ferdinand Cavallera Divino afflante Spiritu Gutenberg...
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    medieval graphic arts—in particular Biblical woodcut prints such as the Biblia pauperum. These artists used the awkward look of woodcut images to express feelings...
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    Following Gregory the Great, Catholics emphasize the role of images as the Biblia Pauperum, the "Bible of the Poor", from which those who could not read could...
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    From the Apocalypse in a Biblia Pauperum illuminated at Erfurt around the time of the Great Famine. Death sits astride a manticore whose long tail ends...
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    narrative sequences, such as A Rake's Progress, and single panels. The Biblia pauperum ("Paupers' Bible"), a tradition of picture Bibles beginning in the...
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    repeated in many different block-book versions: the Ars moriendi and the Biblia pauperum were the most common. There is still some controversy among scholars...
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    Christ rises from the tomb, alongside Jonah spit onto the beach, a typological allegory. From a 15th-century Biblia pauperum....
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