Christian origins · History, Gospel and interpretation
Jesus
Explore Jesus’ life, teaching and crucifixion, the Gospel accounts, Christian beliefs about resurrection and incarnation, and his place in Islam.
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Christian origins · History, Gospel and interpretation
Explore Jesus’ life, teaching and crucifixion, the Gospel accounts, Christian beliefs about resurrection and incarnation, and his place in Islam.
Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
The Modern Poster credits Chéret with the illustrated cover for Scaramouche.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
The religious founder whom Davis calls Kukai in life and Kobo Daishi after death.
Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
Raven Hill’s Pick-Me-Up design is reproduced under the words He, She and It.
Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
Rhead’s design for The Sun places a newspaper emblem at the centre of a radiating composition.
Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
Greiffenhagen is credited with the Illustrated Pall Mall Budget advertisement in The Modern Poster.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
The physicians whose legend derives their knowledge from a mother of the lake realm.
Biblical tradition · Exodus, covenant and prophecy
Explore Moses through the Exodus story, Sinai and Torah, historical evidence, Jewish interpretation, Christian reception and the Quran’s account of Musa.
Islamic history · Revelation, community and prophetic example
Explore Muhammad’s life, the first-revelation account, the Hijra and community at Medina, the Quran, prophetic example and historical sources.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
A Buddhist founder presented through biography and miracle stories in Davis.
Alchemy and medicine, Redgrove's historical account
The physician and alchemical author whom Redgrove associates with studying metals and preparing medicines.
Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
Bonnard’s La Revue blanche advertisement is reproduced as a magazine poster in The Modern Poster.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
The tea master whose final ceremony is described in Davis’s tea chapter.
Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
Bell is credited with the Liverpool School of Architecture announcement reproduced in The Modern Poster.
Celtic fairy traditions
Minister whose fairy treatise and disappearance became part of Scottish tradition.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
The temple founder whose difficult river crossing becomes a bridge legend.
L. Newton Hayes, The Chinese Dragon
Hayes photographs a dragon-framed tablet bearing a wish for the reigning emperor’s long life.
William Blake’s illuminated mythology in Europe: A Prophecy
An immense book associated with Urizen becomes an image of authority copied on Earth by kings and priests.
Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
Carqueville’s April advertisement for Lippincott’s appears in the American section of The Modern Poster.
Poster and book-cover design in The Modern Poster (1895)
Bradley’s peacock-feather frontispiece and Carnival Time design appear in The Modern Poster.
Celtic fairy traditions
Poet and guide whose local knowledge informs the fairy survey.