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Title page detail: heraldic scrollworkGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

The concordance title page includes this cartouche with a boar’s head (rather like a chess-piece, on a crowned brick base, formally a “mural crown”) with a scroll coming from its mouth and at the bott [...]

Keywords: borders, inscriptions, heraldry, sheep, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-18

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Cartouche or frame from title page of ConcordanceGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

This is the frame around the device (or trade-mark) of the printer Christopher Barker that was on the 1581 title-page of the Geneva Bible. It features trees and scroll-work and an oval central space. [...]

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Added: 2012-06-18

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Red Dragon!Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

An heraldic dragon from the Geneva Bible New Testament Title Page. I coloured this one a nice bright red. You could also start with the black-and-white dragon picture and use the Colour tab to get a r [...]

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Added: 2012-06-19

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Dragon!Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

An heraldic dragon from the Geneva Bible New Testament Title Page.

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Added: 2012-06-17

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Front Cover, Geneva BibleGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

This 1581 Geneva Bible is bound in full leather with gold tooling.

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Added: 2006-10-26

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Bookplate for 1581 Geneva BibleGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

The dot screening tells me this isn’t actually a very old book-plate (ex libris). My guess would be early 1900s. It is a crest with the name Huss, surmounted with the closed helmet of a lesser knight [...]

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Added: 2007-06-06

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New Testament Title PageGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

Although I already had a photograph of the title page, it’s interesting enough that I wanted to add a 2400dpi scan. Notice the dragon! The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, Conferred diligently [...]

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Added: 2006-10-26

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p.425: Ephesians Chapters 1 and 2Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

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Added: 2005-07-19

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Title page for ConcordanceGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

The title page for two concordances printed after the end of the New Testament in this 1581 Bible. The first was a table of words and names, the second more exegetical. My copy of this bible is missin [...]

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Added: 2012-06-17

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Title page, The Whole Booke of PsalmesGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

The title page from the book of psalms (with music) at the back of this 1581 Geneva Bible. I didn’t clean up this scan, so you can see the music showing through from the back a little. THE WHOLE BOOKE [...]

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Added: 2009-01-11

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To The Reader: guide to reading early modern musicGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

This is printed on the back of the title page of the Psalms, from 1581. It shows two staves with different clefs and the nmes of the notes that were in use in the sixteenth century (Ut, Re, My, Fa, So [...]

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Added: 2010-08-15

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Initial Letter T With Naked PeopleGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

This decorative initial was printed on the back of the title page of the “Whole Booke of Psalmes” to start the introduction. I am guessing the to figures are Adam and Eve, although at first I thought [...]

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Added: 2009-01-11

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Revelation 13, The Number of the BeastGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

This image shows the text (at upper right) of the Book of Revelation of John the Divine, Revelation Chapter 13 verses 17 and 18 (and a fragment of verse 16) ( Rev. 13 xvii), together with margin notes [...]

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Added: 2013-06-18

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Revelation Chapter 22, 1581 Geneva BibleGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

The last page from the Book of Revelation with Chapter 22 and its notes, along with a tail-pice, an heraldic crest, which is also available as a separate image.

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Added: 2012-06-19

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Heraldic Crest from the end of RevelationGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

This armorial bearing has three lions en passant and three fleurs-de-lys in quarters. The scrollwork cartouche around it includes a crown and a tudor rose. It was printed at the end of the Book of Rev [...]

Keywords: heraldry, lions, fleurs de lys, crowns, cartici, borders, frames, greyscale

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Added: 2012-06-19

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Luke Chapter Two verses 10 – 23Geneva Bible Scans (1581)

Part of a page from a 1581 copy of the Geneva Bible. This extract is from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2, and tells of the birth of Jesus, called Christ, and of angels announcing this to shepherds. N [...]

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Added: 2007-06-06

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New TestamentGeneva Bible Scans (1581)

The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, Conferred diligently with the Greek, and best approved translations in diverse languages.Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queen’s M [...]

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Added: 2004-05-10

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