Winchester Bible

The Winchester Cathedral has posted a description of the Winchester Bible on its website. Be sure to click on “View picture gallery” and then click on "The Winchester Bible" at the bottom of the Gallery page to see fifteen pictures from the Bible, including the first page of Genesis (at top left ), which begins, “In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram” (“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”). The capital letter “I” contains seven pictures: the creation of Eve out of the side of Adam, a dove returning to Noah who is waiting in the ark, Abraham getting ready to sacrifice Isaac, God giving the Ten Commandments to Moses, Samuel anointing David as king, the Nativity, and the Last Judgment.