Bowyer Bible Prints: the Book of Leviticus

Phillip Medhurst · 2011-03-23T00:00:00Z

BOWYER BIBLE PRINTS: THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS This image-collection contains prints illustrating the Book of Leviticus in the Bowyer Bible in the sequence in which they are arranged in this grangerised version of the Macklin Bible. The artists represented here had no doubts about the historical veracity of the events delineated; this, together with their lack of the knowledge about historical dress and middle eastern topography which only became prevalent a hundred years after the creation of this collection makes the artworks curious as well as compelling. Robert Bowyer (1758-1834) spent a fortune on his own copy of the Macklin Bible which he expanded to 45 volumes after acquiring and inserting over 6200 different prints of Biblical events. He had a custom designed bookcase built just to house his collection; The Bowyer Bible is now housed in Bolton Museums and Archives who acquired it in 1948. These and many other of the illustrations have been made available online via social media by Phillip Medhurst (b.1948). The titles of the prints in this collection are as follows:- 01-offering-sacrifices-leviticus-cap-1-v-3-tyroff 02-a-bullock-is-sacrificed-leviticus-cap-1-v-5-marillier 03-a-burnt-offering-leviticus-1-vv-8-14-heuman 04-the-burnt-offering-by-aarons-sons-leviticus-3-vv-4-17-tyroff 05-moses-consecrates-aaron-and-his-sons-leviticus-cap-8-vv-1-12-marillier 06-the-tabernacle-leviticus-cap-8-vv-1-13-mortier 07-a-burnt-offering-leviticus-cap-8-vv-14-16-mortier 08-purifying-the-altar-leviticus-cap-8-v-15-hoet 09-a-burnt-offering-is-consumed-leviticus-cap-9-v-24-sperling 10-nadab-and-abihu-are-destroyed-leviticus-cap-10-vv-1-2-dutch-bible 11-nadab-and-abihu-are-destroyed-leviticus-cap-10-vv-1-2-marillier 12-nadab-and-abihu-are-destroyed-leviticus-cap-10-vv-1-2-perelle 13-nadab-and-abihu-are-destroyed-leviticus-cap-10-v-2-de-hooghe 14-nadab-and-abihu-are-destroyed-leviticus-cap-10-v-2-hertz 15-nadab-and-abihu-destroyed-leviticus-cap-10-v-1-hoet 16-the-priests-are-forbidden-wine-leviticus-cap-10-vv-9-11-heuman 17-beasts-to-be-eaten-leviticus-cap-11-v-2-sperlingen 18-purifying-garments-leviticus-cap-11-vv-24-25-heuman 19-offerings-for-purification-leviticus-cap-12-marillier 20-the-purification-of-women-leviticus-cap-12-v-6-sperling 21-the-purification-of-women-leviticus-cap-12-vv-2-5-harder 22-the-means-of-discerning-leprosy-leviticus-cap-13-vv-8-28-fridrich 23-leprosy-removed-leviticus-cap-13-vv-29-37-heuman 24-burning-the-clothes-of-a-leper-leviticus-cap-13-v-47-heuman 25-examining-a-leper-leviticus-cap-13-vv-38-44-sperling 26-cleansing-a-leper-leviticus-cap-14-v-4-schenck 27-cleansing-a-leper-leviticus-cap-14-vv-4-7-gunst 28-cleansing-a-leper-leviticus-cap-14-vv-1-7-marillier 29-cleansing-lepers-leviticus-cap-14-v-4-7-heuman 30-a-sacrifice-leviticus-cap-14-v-10-heuman 31-pulling-down-a-lepers-house-leviticus-cap-14-vv-34-38-heuman 32-cleansing-leprosy-leviticus-cap-15-vv-2-12-heuman 33-cleansing-leprosy-leviticus-cap-15-vv-19-28-harder 34-the-scapegoat-leviticus-cap-16-v-21-marillier 35-the-scapegoat-leviticus-cap-16-vv-7-22-gunst 36-idolatry-leviticus-cap-17-v-7-fridrich 37-forbidden-mating-leviticus-cap-19-v-19-fridrich 38-building-booths-leviticus-cap-23-vv-39-43-caspar-luyken 39-the-feast-of-tabernacles-leviticus-cap-23-vv-40-42-marillier 40-blasphemers-stoned-leviticus-cap-24-v-23-marillier