Did you know that 16th century engravings allowed for creative license? Colors were often added after book production by their owners to enhance images, like this engraving of Jesus’ baptism by Jan Wierix, located in two different copies of the Plantin Polyglot Bible (1569 BIBL). Click on the image above to move between versions and choose…
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Summer Reading Recommendations, Part 8: Prof. Ellen Shepard
To wrap up the final installment of Pitts Theology Library’s Summer Reading Blog for 2021, Pitts reached out to a beloved faculty member of the Candler community, Dr. Ellen Shepard, for the top resources she turned to during quarantine. Dr. Shepard recently retired from Candler as Assistant Professor in the Practice of Practical Theology and…
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