Items matching christianity (results page 1)

Jesus and MosesHolman Family Bible (1875)

Jesus, barefoot, with divided beard and long curly hair, wearing a long dress from which his toes protrude, holds up the start of the New Testament with the Gospel of Mark; crouching next to him is Mo [...]

Keywords: jesus, moses, biblical characters, patriarchs, religion, christianity, people, men, beards, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2025-06-12

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Border of Peace from Front Cover.Fabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The front cover of the book includes a border in gold and black on a red background; there are five florets containing symbols of peace, love and Christianity, as well as a vase of wheat and grasses a [...]

Keywords: borders, colour, religion, peace, decoration, symbols, christianity, christmas, xmas

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Added: 2013-12-07

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Chi-rho symbol (Px) in red, black ad gold from front cover.Fabiola, or, the Church of the Catacombs (1887)

The Chi-Rho, or Chiro, symbol is a PX monogram from te first two letters of the Greek word for Christ. This gold and christian Px symbol is set in a gold circle surrounded with flowers on a black fiel [...]

Keywords: symbols, crosses, religion, christianity, colour, floriated borders, easter, geometric borders

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Added: 2013-12-08

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Ecce Ancilla Domini [Behold the blesséd Mary]Days With the Victorian Poets (1910)

This is that blessed Mary, pre-elect God’s Virgin. Gone is a great while, and she Dwelt young in Nazareth of Galilee, Unto God’s will she brought devout respect, Profound simplicity of intellect, And [...]

Keywords: religion, paintings, people, saints, mary, annunciation, biblical scenes, art, christianity, xmas, easter, colour

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Added: 2012-06-23

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Angel MessengerEveryman (1930)

The angel messenger announces the start of the play “Everyman” with raised hand and sword. He wears an ankle-length cloak fastened with a broach around his neck and a belt above his waist, has wings a [...]

Keywords: angels, religion, christmas, wings, christianity, greyscale

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Added: 2015-12-19

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Gospel of MatthewThe Four Gospels (1931)

A dainty winged man wearing a flowing robe is holding up a sign that reads “The Gospel of Matthew”. There is one of these full-page engravings at the start of each of the four gospels in this book, e [...]

Keywords: evangelists, page images, christianity, saint matthew, angels, people, wings, men, bare feet, signs, iconography, greyscale

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Added: 2015-04-03

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The Angel of DeathEveryman (1930)

The angel of death is black; he wears a hood and in one skeletal hand holds a long sword. He has wings like the angel of light but they are black wings, not white wings. His face is that of a skull or [...]

Keywords: death, angels, black, despair, religion, christianity, greyscale

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Added: 2015-12-19

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From the Biblia Pauperum. Block Book. 15th Century.Pentateuch of Printing with a Chapter on Judges (1891)

This image is taken from a fifteenth century “Speculum humanæ salvationis”, probably from the first Latin edition of around 1470. The panels represent the fall of Lucifer and the creation of Eve from [...]

Keywords: page images, religion, woodcuts, frames, angels, devils, demons, christianity, bible pictures, biblical scenes, greyscale

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Added: 2014-10-30

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Now When Jesus Was Born in BethlehemThe Four Gospels (1931)

Here we see a stylized “stable” with a star shining on Mary and the baby Jesus in her arms; Mary is presenting the baby boy to three men, each of whom raises one arm in salutation. One man holds a Rub [...]

Keywords: historiated initials, christmas, epiphany, wise men, babies, religion, christianity, nativity, biblical scenes, bible pictures, people, greyscale

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Added: 2014-12-03

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Swash letter N with Three Kings and Mary and JesusThe Four Gospels (1931)

A decorative initial for the Adoration of the Magi. The Wise men from the East (the Gospels don’t say how many there were so tradition says there were three) arrived to worship the infant Jesus; this [...]

Keywords: lettern, initials, historiated initials, inhabited initials, christmas, epiphany, wise men, babies, bare feet, religion, christianity, nativity, biblical scenes, bible pictures, people, colour

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Added: 2014-12-07

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Girl at prayerA Painter’s Anthology (1924)

A wood-engraving (probably a woodcut) of a girl praying; she kneels and wears a nightgown, with hands clasped. Black and white.

Keywords: people, girls, prayer, hands, religion, christianity, greyscale

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Added: 2018-05-02

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Then Satan First Knew PainDoré Gallery: Paradise Lost (1884)

In this pcture signed by Gustav Doré and engraved by Antoine-Alphée Piaud Satan is depicted as a man with bat-like dark wings and curly hair, wearing a chainmail shirt or tunic and rags for a skirt or [...]

Keywords: angels, wings, demons, mythological creatures, christianity, religion, darkness, spooky, greyscale

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Added: 2016-10-17

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Initial Letter G With DoveThe Table Book of Art (1880)

This decorative initial capital letter “G” features a geometrical circular outer design, a dotted in-fill for the letter itself, a triangle, and a downward-flying white bird, perhaps the dove of peace [...]

Keywords: letterg, initials, birds, symbols, christianity, historiated initials, greyscale

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Added: 2019-01-14

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Saint Bonaventura as a MonkLa France Illustrée: Journal Literaire, Scientifique & Religieux (1878)

An engraving of Saint Bonaventura standing in a Franciscan monk’s robe or cowl, hood back to reveal his tonsured head, staring up at birds, children singing, and rays of light suggesting a higher supe [...]

Keywords: saints, people, monks, robes, tonsures, borders, rustic borders, birds, twigs, christianity, religion, crosses, greyscale

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Added: 2023-01-25

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Vignette: crucifix with skull and prayer book or bibleLa France Illustrée: Journal Literaire, Scientifique & Religieux (1878)

A tall crucifix (a cross bearing a man being tortured to death) stands on a desk or table; it emanates light, dhining on a book propped open behind it, and on a skull. The skull may represent the mira [...]

Keywords: saints, christianity, death, skulls, books, religion, greyscale

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Added: 2023-01-24

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Gospel of MarkThe Four Gospels (1931)

This full-page engraving appears at the start of the Gospel of Mark (as you might have guessed). It shows the symbol of Saint Mark, a winged lion, en passant (in passing), and obviously male and erect [...]

Keywords: evangelists, symbols, page images, christianity, religion, saint mark, mythological creatures, iconography, wings, greyscale

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Added: 2015-04-06

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O Earth, how like to Heaven, if not preferred More justlyDoré Gallery: Paradise Lost (1884)

Satan here is wearing only a cloth around his waist: his chest, arms, legs, feet are all bare; his wings are spread but he sits on a rock at the edge of a forest bathed in a pool of sunlight; in the b [...]

Keywords: angels, wings, forests, nudity, biblical scenes, bible illustrations, demons, mythological creatures, christianity, religion, darkness, spooky, greyscale

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Added: 2016-10-23

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Angel of the New yearModerne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (1901)

A winged angel, a woman, floats over a snow-covered village, a church and houses and farms visible in the background. She carries a severed evergreen tree over one shoulder and a shining lantern in he [...]

Keywords: christmas, new year, angels, women, people, dresses, bare feet, trees, winter, snow, villages, religion, christianity, greyscale

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Added: 2023-01-26

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1048.—Border with EvangelistsNew Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

I think the two bearded men depicted here, each holding a pen and page, are Saint Matthew (with the angel) and Saint John (with the cross). This wood-engraving might be suitable for a place-card or ca [...]

Keywords: borders, cartouches, cartici, frames, people, beards, religion, crosses, christianity, evangelists, easter, greyscale

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Added: 2014-07-28

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1054.—Border with Mary, Jesus and JosephNew Specimen of Cast-Metal Ornaments and Wood Types (1840)

This frame, or cartouche, forms a decorative border around a rectangle for inserting type, such as a place-setting or perhaps an invitation to a Christening. On the left are Mary and Jesus; on the rig [...]

Keywords: mary, jesus, joseph, borders, frames, cartici, people, religion, christianity, christmas, easter, xmas, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2014-08-12

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