What is a double-scene plate?

A plate engraved with two Bible scenes, one above the other, each with its own caption. Pieter Mortier's Bible of 1700 is the best-known example; it lets one sheet tell two episodes of a story.

What is an optical print?

A vue d'optique, a print made to be seen through a zograscope, a lens and mirror that gave the picture depth. They were brightly hand-coloured and their titles are often printed in mirror image.

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Scripture

Old and New Testament scenes: the double plates of Pieter Mortier's Bible of about 1700, Jan Luyken's engravings of 1743, optical prints of the life of Joseph from about 1770, and 19th century plates of Genesis, the Nativity and the Passion.

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By faithChristianity 290 Judaism 179

By dateBefore 1700 2 1700 to 1799 210 1800 to 1849 32 1850 and after 38

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