Medal - Thomason Medallic Bible (Christ's agony in the garden; #58 of 60) ND

Reverse

Inscription on 26 lines between winged head of cherub ornaments

Script: Latin

Lettering:
A.D. 34
THE RITE OF THE LORDS SUPPER
JESUS COMMANDED THE APOSTLES TO
PERPETUATE IN COMMEMORATION OF
HIM THEIR LORD UNTIL HIS SECOND COM
ING. HE THEN LABOURED UNDER GREAT PER
TURBATION OF MIND AND TOLD HIS APOSTLES
THAT ONE OF THEM WOULD BETRAY HIM, PETER
WHO THOUGHT HIS FAITH SUFFICIENT TO OPPOSE
ANY TEMPTATION, DECLARED HIS READINESS TO
SUFFER DEATH ITSELF WITH HIS MASTER, BUT JESUS
REPLIED BEFORE THE 2ND CROWING OF THE COCK TH
IS NIGHT THOU SHALT DENY ME. HE SAID THOUGH I
LEAVE YOU LET THIS COMFORT YOU, THE HOLY GHOST
IS NOT TO COME UNTIL I HAVE LEFT, AND WHEN HE
COMETH HE WILL PLEAD MY CAUSE AGAINST THE WORLD
HE SHALL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS. JESUS THEN WENT
WITH HIS DISCIPLES INTO A GARDEN AT GETHSEMANE
NEAR THE MOUNT OF OLIVES TO PRAYER. AND HIS
AGONY WAS SO GREAT AS TO FORCE SWEAT FROM
HIS BODY AS LARGE AS DROPS OF BLOOD. THE
TRAITOR JUDAS ENTERED THE GARDEN WITH
THE PRIESTS & AN ARMED MULTITUDE, & SEIZ
ED JESUS & BOUND HIM & DRAGGED
HIM TO THE HOUSE OF CAIPHAS
THE HIGH PRIEST.

Engraver: Edward Thomason

Edge

Plain

Comment

An original Thomason’s Medallic Illustration of the Holy Scriptures [Bible], Number 58 - Christ's agony in the garden. After Carlo Dolci. (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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