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Description: This initial letter C depicts the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, descending upon the believers on the day of Pentecost -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Illustrating Paul's letter to the Galatians, this engraving shows the apostle with his attribute the sword (here, two swords) passing along a letter to a messenger (note his equipment for his journey: hat, sword, and shoes). -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Illustrating Paul's correspondence with the Corinthian church, here the Apostle Paul receives (or sends?) a letter from a richly dressed emissary of the church. The apostle has his typical attribute, the sword, and the church's messenger, hat in hand, passes along to Paul a sealed envelope. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Phoebe arrives as a courier to deliver a letter to the Apostle Paul. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Here the Apostle Peter, the characteristic key in hand, receives a sealed envelope from a messenger. As often is the case in the illustrations of this 1547 Bible, the messenger is shod but the saint is not. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Here the Apostle John passes a letter to a messenger. -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: Here Saint James, with staff in hand, receives a sealed envelope from a messenger. As often is the case in the illustrations of this 1547 Bible, the messenger is shod but the saint is not -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This initial letter M depicts Moses receiving the Ten Commandments -
Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library Description: This initial letter P depicts Jesus sleeping in the boat during a storm