Vol. I., Plate 70.
OLD TESTAMENT WOODCUTS
1. MOSES RECEIVING THE TABLES OF THE LAW
2. THE RETURN FROM THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY
From proofs in the British Museum
3. THE ANGEL SHOWING ST. JOHN THE NEW JERUSALEM
Revelation xxi.
Woodcut from Adam Petri’s New Testament, 1523
From a copy in the British Museum
THE OLD TESTAMENT ALPHABET
Holbein also went to the Old Testament for the subjects of an Alphabet of twenty-four letters, engraved on metal, and of considerable size.[[490]] They begin with the Creation of Eve, and conclude with Jacob’s journey into Egypt. The letters N to Y are occupied with the story of Joseph, which is thus given in considerable detail. In the letter O, representing Joseph and Potiphar’s wife, the bed on which the latter sits has curtains ornamented with the French lilies.