The Bible, The Book of Psalms ca. 1649 The Holy Bible printed by the Company of Stationers The binding of this 1649 Bible printed by the Company of Stationers and Book of Psalms printed by Richard Cotes is decorated with two scenes from the Old Testament. The front cover shows Elijah and the Widow of Zarapeth (1 Kings 17:8-16), and the back cover shows Elijah Fed by Ravens (1 Kings 17:1-6), two episodes in the life of the prophet when God provided for him by sending sustenance from unlikely sources, ravens and a poor widow. Although not as common as other biblical scenes rendered in needlework, the numerous depictions of the story of Elijah in paintings and engravings show how familiar these stories would have been to their seventeenth-century audience. Yvonne Hackenbroch suggested a likely source for the front of the embroidered cover in Gerard de Jodes late sixteenth-century Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum Veteris Testamentis, although some of the costumes were updated from this sour

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The Bible, The Book of Psalms ca. 1649 The Holy Bible printed by the Company of Stationers The binding of this 1649 Bible printed by the Company of Stationers and Book of Psalms printed by Richard Cotes is decorated with two scenes from the Old Testament. The front cover shows Elijah and the Widow of Zarapeth (1 Kings 17:8-16), and the back cover shows Elijah Fed by Ravens (1 Kings 17:1-6), two episodes in the life of the prophet when God provided for him by sending sustenance from unlikely sources, ravens and a poor widow. Although not as common as other biblical scenes rendered in needlework, the numerous depictions of the story of Elijah in paintings and engravings show how familiar these stories would have been to their seventeenth-century audience. Yvonne Hackenbroch suggested a likely source for the front of the embroidered cover in Gerard de Jodes late sixteenth-century Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum Veteris Testamentis, although some of the costumes were updated from this sour

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