Gospel Gallery

Victorian mother and three children (Polhill-Turner family)

A Victorian mother and three children. They are Mrs Polhill-Turner (nee Emily Frances Barron, d 1913)), wife of Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner (1826-1881), with Alice (Alice Kate Frances, 1856-1931), Arthur (Arthur Twistleton, 1862-1935) and Beatrice (Emily Beatrice Violet, d 1930). They lived at Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire. Arthur, along with his brother Cecil (Cecil Henry, 1860-1938), formed part of the so-called Cambridge Seven in the 1880s and spent many years in China as a Christian missionary

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Page of the gospel of Saint Luke, the college of the Greek codex of the 5th century

LRI4657778 Page of the gospel of Saint Luke, the college of the Greek codex of the 5th century preserved at the British museum. London, Bible society by Greek School, (5th century AD); British Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Page of the gospel of Saint Luke, the college of the Greek codex of the 5th century preserved at the British museum. London, Bible society); Luisa Ricciarini; Greek, out of copyright

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The Gospels of Henry the Lion

The cover of the Gospels of Henry the Lion, Order of Saint Benedict, produced in Prague in 1594. Henry the Lion (Heinrich der Lowe; 11291195) was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which duchies he held until 1180. Originally commissioned for the altar of the Virgin Mary at the Brunswick Cathedral), this gospel book was purchased by the German government at Sothebys of London in 1983 for over 8m. At 266 pages, including 50 full-page illustrations, the book is considered a masterpiece of the 12th century Romanesque illuminated manuscript. Date: 12th century

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