Picture puzzles, or, How to read the Bible by symbols [microform] : designed especially for the boys and girls to stimulate a greater interest in the Holy Bible
Picture Puzzles, or How to Read the Bible by Symbols is a Bible-study puzzle book compiled by Frank Beard and published by J.L. Nichols & Co. in Toronto and Naperville, Illinois in 1899, aimed at boys and girls. Its pages set small engraved scenes of trees, fire, serpents, crowds and a hand among running text, with Bible verses where the words are replaced by pictures; the cramped, ornamented border frames and the line-art vignettes show how a designer might combine a picture-rebus layout with a decorative frame for a children's activity sheet.
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