Parables of our Lord.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879, illustrator.

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874, lithographer.

Longman & Co., publisher.

J. & J. Leighton, binder.

Standardized Title:

Bible. Gospels. Selections. English. Authorized. 1847.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Parables--Texts.

Jesus Christ.

Parables, Biblical.

Genre:

Texts.

Papier-mâché bindings.

Wooden boards.

Chromolithographs.

Penn Provenance:

DePreist, Ginette Grenier, 1948- (donor) (Kislak Center copy)

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 (former owner) (Kislak Center copy)

Physical Description:

[32], ii pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm

Other Title:

Scripture parables

Place of Publication:

London : Longman & Co., MDCCCXLVII [1847]

Summary:

An "illuminated" gift book of the type popular in England during the 1840s, printed by chromolithography, with text based on the New Testament parables in gothic letters, and elaborate borders decorated in gold and colors to resemble a medieval manuscript. See Victorian publishers' book-bindings in paper / Ruari McLean (London: Gordon Fraser, 1983), p. 12-13

Contents:

The prodigal son

The sower

The tares

The two debtors

The good Samaritan

The rich fool

The barren fig tree

The rich man and Lazarus

The Pharisee and the publican

The parable of the vineyard

The marriage feast

The ten virgins.

Notes:

"In designing the ornaments to the sacred parables contained in this volume, the illuminator has sought to render them in each instance appropriate. The work of illumination was commenced on the first day of May the year of Our Lord MDCCCXLV and terminated on the tenth day of Febry. MDCCCXLVI. HNH [i.e. Henry Noel Humphreys]"--Colophon.

Illuminated title page and text by Henry Noel Humphreys. Title in gothic letters on gold center panel; border features branches entwined with ribbons bearing titles of all the parables in black gothic script. Ornamental borders in text reflect the theme of each parable, including the thorns, oak leaves and acorns, and olive branches of "The prodigal son"; thorns, birds, and ears of corn of "The sower"; the fool's cap and bells in "The rich fool"; and the orange tree and orange blossoms of "The marriage feast." For details on all the illuminations, see notes on pages [i]-ii at end.

Although name of the lithographer is not given, the present volume was most likely printed under the supervision of Owen Jones, who pioneered the process in Britain; see McLean, page 13.

The papier mâché binding is the same as the New York edition but the chromolithographs in this London edition are slightly different from the chromolithographs in the New York edition.

Local Notes:

Original publishers' sheep-backed black pâpier-maché binding, created to look like carved ebony by filling a carved metal mold with a pâpier-maché base covered with black plaster. The covers feature nine compartments, in which the central panels depict the sower within a medallion encircled by a ribbon with title "Scripture Parables"; left and right side panels represent the tree bearing good fruit, and the barren tree with the axe at the base, respectively; and each of the four small corner compartments contains a symbol of one of the Evangelists: the bull of St. Luke, the angel of St. Matthew, the eagle of St. John, and the lion of St. Mark; inner gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Cover produced by Jackson (later Jackson Mill-Board Co.), binding by Leighton Bros; see Maggs Bros. Ltd. Bookbinding in the British Isles.

Kislak Center copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Ginette DePreist.

Kislak Center copy formerly owned by Marian Anderson.

Kislak Center copy: front free endpaper and unnumbered pages detached and laid in.

Cited in:

McLean, R. Victorian publishers' book-bindings in paper, p. 13, 51

McLean, R. Victorian book design and colour printing (2nd ed.), p. 99

Maggs Bros. Ltd. Bookbinding in the British Isles (Cat. 1212), part 2, page 150, no. 245

OCLC:

15861284