Biblia Pauperum

American  

[bib-lee-ah pau-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.

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Etymology

Origin of Biblia Pauperum

< New Latin: literally, Bible of poor men

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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

The Biblia Pauperum, however, exactly met their want.

From The Story of Books by Gertrude Burford Rawlings

Our illustration gives a reduced representation of a page from the second edition of the Biblia Pauperum, dating from about 1450.

From The Story of Books by Gertrude Burford Rawlings

The Franciscan monk, Bonaventura, the famous author of the Biblia Pauperum, added a seventh, a complete rest in God—"like the Sabbath after the six days of labour."

From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner

He made a "kalendar for unlearned men," which is both a Biblia Pauperum and Annales Angliae, because the annals of England were to him a new Bible.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Dearmer

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