![]() ![]() The project will undertake extensive cross-disciplinary research on both copies, shedding light on an outstanding artistic product of the Tudor court, but also on the uncertain course of the Henrician reformation, as well as the dense court politics towards the end of his reign.įinancial support through a CVC research grant will allow us to analyse the NLW copy of the Bible in the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Analytical Laboratory in the coming months. The so-called documentary hypothesis the idea that the Pentateuch, or first five books of the. Noah obeys God's instructions without question in a race against time and the elements. 1400400 - The manuscripts comprising the original Hebrew Bible (39 Old Testament books) are completed. 1500-1400 - The stone tablets of the Ten Commandments are given to Moses at Mount Sinai and later stored in the Ark of the Covenant. Initial research into the St John’s College copy has unearthed major discoveries, revealing how the Bible was transformed to accommodate the reality of the royal court, including the creation of hitherto unknown portraits of key personae (some painted professionally on separate pieces of vellum and then pasted onto the volume’s title pages at a slightly later moment in the production of this Bible). When Shapira unveiled his discovery in 1883, modern biblical scholarship was in its first flowering. Discovering Dry Land - The Story of Noah's Ark follows a faithful man named Noah through one of the most loved stories of the Bible. 2000-1500 - The book of Job, perhaps the oldest book of the Bible, is written. A Templar relic features markings that could reveal many secrets. Treasure hunters study Nazi relic hunters who searched for the Holy Grail. The project involves the historical and scientific analysis of these two rare presentation copies. Treasure hunters go to the Holy Land to investigate a great Bible relic. Despite their importance for studies of art, religion and culture, these copies have received little in-depth scholarly analysis and have never been subjected to any technical or scientific examination. Currently at St John’s College, Cambridge, and the National Library of Wales (NLW), their woodcuts and title pages were hand-coloured by highly skilled painters and/or illuminators, whose identity is however unknown. Two lavish presentation copies were printed on vellum for Cromwell and Henry. ![]() Instigated by Thomas Cromwell, it was printed in Paris and London, and disseminated to parish churches across the realm.
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