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Images from Bible Symbols: The Choicest Passages of God’s Word put in the Fascinating Garb of Pictures by Frank Beard [1842 – 1905] and others; text prepared by Martha Van Marter [born 1839]; Chicago, 1908.

The book is a sort of rebus, in which pictures stand for words, and perhaps help people to remember phrases from the Bible, although not necessarily to understand them or to learn love and tolerance.

Title: Bible Symbols

Author: Beard, Frank

Published by: The John A. Hertel Co.

City: Chicago, Toronto, Boston

Date: 1908

Total items: 37

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

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The field, from p. 69

The field, with wheat ready to be harvested, and a rather English-looking church spire in the background. Taken from the clip-art Bible. See page 69 for the context. [more...] [$]

Initial Letter I With Art Nouveau Swirls

This initial letter was used in at least two other books that i found online; i scanned this one from Beard’s “Bible Symbols” (1908). [$]

Fowl of the air, from p. 69

The cockerel and a hen shown here pecking away may or may not be native to Palestine, but chickens are perhaps not the first birds to come to mind when one hears the phrase “fowl of the air.” The [...] [more...] [$]

Money Chest: The Treasury

A heavy old wooden chest stands with its lid optn, a large padlock resting open in the handle, and inside the box we see a pile of gold coins: money. [more...] [$]

The eagle, from the book of Deuteronomy ch. 32 v. 11

The eagle, perched on a rock, taken from Deuteronomy chapter 32 verses 11 and 12. [more...] [$]

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