Biblia Pauperum

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[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.

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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 Rawlings, Gertrude Burford

As its title implies, this, curiously enough, is an adaptation of the Biblia Pauperum, which was thus the last, as it may have been the first, of the block-books.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

For those who could not read there were the Biblia Pauperum, picture-books with a minimum of text, and there were sermons by popular preachers.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

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 Dibdin, Thomas Frognall