Image of Title page detail depicting 'King Henry VIII Enthroned', from the by English School, (16th century)

Title page detail depicting 'King Henry VIII Enthroned', from the 'Great Bible', c.1541 (woodcut)

IMAGE number: BL3618133
Image title: Title page detail depicting 'King Henry VIII Enthroned', from the 'Great Bible', c.1541 (woodcut)
Artist: English School, (16th century) / English
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: woodcut
Date: c. 1541 AD (C16th AD)

Image description: The woodcut title page was therefore an unmissable opportunity to communicate a visual message about the new Royal Supremacy to every English parishioner. The theme of the illustration visually underscores Henry VIII’s position as the head of the Anglicana Ecclesia, receiving the Word directly from God. By tracking the repeating motif of the Verbum Dei (the Word of God), every English man or woman could witness the flow of authority from God to Henry, descending thence to the clergy and to the local parish congregation
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: Bible / priest / religious orders / religion / church / royalty / reformation / religious / hierarchical / motif / great / propaganda / inscription / title / big / post-reformation / protestant / head / england / inscriptions / court / ecclesia / enthroned / scroll / repeating / didatic / throne / page / scrolls / regal / king / church of england / ruler / dei / religion / anglicana / viii / verbum / regalia

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