Biblia Pauperum

American  

[bib-lee-ah pou-pe-room, bib-lee-uh paw-per-uhm] / ˈbɪb li ɑ ˈpaʊ pɛˌrʊm, ˈbɪb li ə ˈpɔ pər əm /

noun

1. any of the picture books illustrating Biblical events and usually containing a short text, used chiefly in the Middle Ages for purposes of religious instruction.

---

Etymology

Origin of Biblia Pauperum

< New Latin: literally, Bible of poor men

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Biblia Pauperum

An illustration of the apocalypse in a Biblia Pauperum from around the time of the European famine of 1315–1317.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2014

But of the Latin Biblia Pauperum here is a copy of the first edition, very imperfect, and in wretched condition.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

Like almost all other art, that of the stage has long seemed to me a sort of Biblia Pauperum, or a Bible in pictures for those who cannot read what is written or printed.

From Plays by August Strindberg, Second series by August Strindberg

Some of the very first xylographic efforts were devoted to diffuse these Biblia Pauperum, and several editions appeared in the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various

But those who think otherwise consider that the idea of printing occurred to him about 1428 or 1430, and that he executed, among other books, the Biblia Pauperum, the Speculum, the Ars Moriendi, and Donatus.

From The Story of Books by Gertrude Burford Rawlings