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Prothro B-180

Title

Subject

Bible Illustrations

Description

Copy 327 of the 1499 "Luxus" edition. Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) created one hundred fine paintings for this five-volume edition of the Bible which employed the Latin text from the Vulgate of Saint Jerome. The original image of King David is in Volume 3.

Creator

Dalí, Salvador, 1904–1989.

Source

Prothro B-180. Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis. Mediolani, Italy: Rizzoli Editions, 1967.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

This work is protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution is permitted. This file may be used for educational uses only, provided it is not altered in any way, and the copyright line is cited. (Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU).

Relation

Dali

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Book on wood-pulp paper with illumination

Collection

The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts

Citation

Dalí, Salvador, 1904–1989. , “Prothro B-180,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed June 24, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/610.