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Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria nunc recens castigata, Romae*que reuisa : in quibus Praeterea, qvae subsequens praefatio indicat, capita singula ita versibus distincts sunt : Vt numeri Praefixi Lectorum non remorentur, & loca quaesita tanquam digito demonstrent, additus, ubi res postulauit, elegantissimis figuris

Author: Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20.

Image Title: Noah’s Altar and God’s Promise

Scripture Reference: Genesis 8-9

Description: After the flood Noah offers a sacrifice from all the living things to God. God places a rainbow in the sky as a sign of his pledge to never again destroy the earth by flood. Illustration by Pierre Eskrich (ca. 1550-ca. 1590).

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