Prothro B-12

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Title

Subject

Description

Text of GospelsinArabic, with interlinear Latin translation. Woodcut illustrations were included but might have hampered missionary efforts because Muslims were forbidden to contemplate religious images.

Creator

Raimondi, Giovanni Battista, 1540–1630, editor and Tempesta, Antonio, 1555–1630, artist.

Source

Prothro B-12. [Arabic Gospels]. Evangelium sanctum Domini nostri Iesu Christi conscriptum a quatuor Evangelistis Sanctis, idest, Matthaeo, Marco, Luca, et Iohanne. Rome: Typographia Medicea, 1591. From the Elizabeth Perkins Prothro collection

Relation

Late Sixteenth

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Arabic; Latin

Type

Printed book with woodcut illustrations

Collection

The First Four Centuries of Printed Bible Illustration

Citation

Raimondi, Giovanni Battista, 1540–1630, editor and Tempesta, Antonio, 1555–1630, artist. , “Prothro B-12,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/789.