The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
601–700
1 work
692
Greek
The Quinisext Council
A hundred and two canons on clerical marriage, fasting, the depiction of Christ as a man rather than a lamb, and a long list of practices to be abandoned.
801–900
1 work
c. 825; survives in refutation
Latin
Claudius of Turin · d. c. 827
A bishop defends stripping the images and crosses from the churches of his diocese, arguing that venerating a cross means honouring the instrument of an execution.
1301–1400
1 work
c. 1405–1410
Middle English
Anonymous
A rich man and a poor man discuss the ten commandments at length, with the poor man arguing that images may teach but must not be worshipped, and that the rich hold their wealth in trust.
1401–1500
1 work
c. 1300s; block-printed from c. 1450
Latin
Biblia Pauperum
Anonymous
Pages pairing a scene from Christ's life with two Old Testament prefigurations and four prophets, designed to be read as much by picture as by text.
1501–1600
1 work
1522
German
Andreas Karlstadt · c. 1486–1541
An argument that images in churches break the first commandment and must be taken down at once, whatever the weak may feel about it.
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