Bowyer Bible print 4090 Joseph of Arimathaea begs the body of Jesus Matthew 27:58-59 Figures de la Bible

by phillipmedhurst

Phillip Medhurst presents Matthew’s Gospel: Bowyer Bible print 4090Joseph of Arimathaea begs the body of Jesus Matthew 27:58-59 Dutch Bible on Flickr.

A print from the Bowyer Bible, an extra-illustrated copy of Macklin’s Bible in Bolton Museum and Archives, England.

https://archive.org/details/bowyer_bible_prints_of_matthew_5_images

MATTHEW’S GOSPEL IN THE BOWYER BIBLE. Robert Bowyer (1758-1834) expanded his own copy of the Macklin Bible to 45 volumes after acquiring and inserting over 6200 different prints of Biblical events. The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museums and Archives. For a presentation of many of these prints see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
where Philip De Vere has created flip-books from Phillip Medhurst’s collection of photos.