Theophila

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Photograph of letterforms pasted into an album assembled by John Bagford
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Photograph of a page opening showing the “Astronomia” plate opposite the beginning of Canto 13
Photograph of the “Winter Woman” plate in Benlowes’s presentation copy of Theophila to Moseley.
Photograph of a page opening showing Theophila stomping the serpent opposite “Mens Authoris” in *Theophila* (1652)
Photograph of a quasi-facsimile of a missing leaf
Photograph of a page opening showing plate of Theophila praying opposite leaf O2
Photograph of a page with Hollar's "Summer Woman" plate repurposed in *Theophila* (1652).
Photograph of etching for Canto 3, showing King David playing his harp while Theophila holds the tables of Moses and sings heavenward.
Reconstructed image of three page openings showing the interleaving of Astronomia and Theophila stomping the serpent around leaf O2
Photograph of etching for Canto 10, showing the author reaching to heaven.
Photograph of etching for Canto 5, showing Theophila ascending to heaven as Benlowes, an angel, and animals watch.
Photograph of page 14, showing an altar poem.
Photograph of page 31.
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Etching of a woman in a light dress, personifying the summer season.
Cropped photograph of Beamont’s table of contents.
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Letterforms in MS Harley 5949

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Letterforms in John Bagford's album of scraps. A version of the same letters appear are used in Edward Benlowes's Theophila (1652). British Library, MS Harley 5949, items 116-117, fol. 50r.
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