FOBO - Religion in the Home (page 1/3)

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Showing the way a Jewish priest dressed in “Biblical” times (actually a span of over 1,000 years, so fashions might not have been totally constant). He has a beard, a turban, a long robe [...] [more...]

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Decorative initial letter S with ancient Greek column

This decorated capital letter “S” features a broken-off fluted column sprouting ivy. A broken column is sometimes used as a monument for someone who died as a child, symbolising the broken-off life. [more...]

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Letter D with angel

An illuminated letter “D” printed at the start of a chapter for a drop cap (dropped capital). I also made a red and gold angel version of this letter. [more...]

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Decorative initial letter S with ancient Greek column and green ivy

This is a version of the drop cap letter S that I have coloured.

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Chapter Tail Ornament: Ancient Musical Instruments

A barefoot and shirtless man (I think) plays a long trumpet or horn; other instruments, including pan pipes, flute and recorder, twinned pipes, trumpet, curved horn and bagpipes are also [...] [more...]

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Pictures from Religion in the Home: Illuminated Bible Stories for Young and Old Written in Simple Language by Charlotte M. Yonge, and illustrated by the German painter Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld (1794-1872). The artist’s name is spelt thus in the book, although Wikipedia has it Carolsfeld.

This American book was produced in or before 1913, and is now in the public domain.

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Religion in the Home (page 1/3)

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