Medal - Thomason Medallic Bible (Christ instituting His Last Supper; #57 of 60) ND

Reverse

Inscription on 24 lines between winged head of cherub ornaments

Script: Latin

Lettering:
A. D 33.
JESUS MENTIOND TO HIS DISCIPLES THE
BARBAROUS USAGE HE SHOULD MEET WITH
AT JERUSALEM FROM THE JEWISH SANHED-
RIM THAT HE SHOULD BE REJECTED BY THE EL
DERS, SUFFER DEATH AND BE RAISED UP ON THE 3RD
DAY.. HE SAID, HE THAT SHALL SAVE HIS LIFE SHALL
LOOSE IT AND HE THAT SHALL LOOSE HIS LIFE FOR
MY SAKE SHALL SAVE IT.. AND JESUS WENT TO JERU-
SALEM, AND THE PHARISEES SOUGHT TO KILL HIM BUT
HE DEPARTED BEYOND JORDAN, HE CHOSE BESIDES
HIS 12 APOSTLES 72 OTHERS TO BE HIS DISCIPLES, TO
PREACH THE GOSPEL, AND TO WHOM HE GAVE POWER
TO HEAL THE SICK BY PRAYER. HE EXEMPLIFIED THE
PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS AND ALSO
THAT OF THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. HE
RAISED LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD: JESUS RODE
UPON AN ASS TO JERUSALEM TO EAT THE PASS-
OVER. JESUS AT THE SUPPER TURN'D THE CERE
MONY INTO A MYSTERY, HE GAVE HIS BODY &
BLOOD IN A SACRAMENTAL RELIGIOUS CONFI
GURATION INSTITUTING AT THE CLOSE OF
THE 2ND SUPPER THE BLESSED SACRA
MENT CALLD THE LORDS SUPPER

Engraver: Edward Thomason

Edge

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Comment

An original Thomason’s Medallic Illustration of the Holy Scriptures [Bible], Number 57 - Christ instituting His Last Supper. After Leonardo daVinci. (Thomason D. at lower obverse rim).
The Thomason Medallic Bible is a set of sixty medals struck in 1830 that captures the essence of the entire Holy Bible in medallic art. The obverse designs were inspired by the works of well-known Renaissance artists and executed by several different engravers. The reverse of each medal contains a dense text quotation or explanation describing the topic of each medal. The set was produced in Birmingham, England by Sir Edward Thomason, who felt divinely inspired to “promote the glory of God by impressing the word of God upon gold, silver and other indestructible metals”. Birmingham, England, c. 1830.

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