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  • Phra Malai receives alms offerings from lay people (detail of the right side)
  • John Gerard: portrait and botanical motifs. Line engraving by J. Payne, 1633.
  • A woman looking into a hand-mirror; in the background God shows Adam and Eve the tree of knowledge. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.
  • (Right) The devas ask the Bodhisatta
  • Michelangelo's hands of God giving life to Adam from the Sistine Chapel representing an advertisement for The AIDS Ministries [of Connecticut]. Colour lithograph.
  • The resurrected Christ appears with a flag before the apostles; God spreads his hands above. Woodcut.
  • The monk Phra Malai (left) and a scene from hell (right)
  • Illustrated Sinhalese covers (inside) showing the events between the Bodhisatta's renunciation and the request by Brahna Sahampati that he teach the Docrine after he becomes a Buddha. The First Discourse of the Buddha, namely the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta is commonly known as the Great Discourse on the Wheel of Dhamma
  • God stands in the centre of Eden; to the left he breathes life into Adam. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.
  • Life of Buddha Burmese Manuscript 22, Volume 1
  • Christ being circumcised in a crowded temple; God is visible with the angels in the sky heralding the start of the Passion. Etching by BM, 1793, after Titian (?).
  • A bohisattva seated on a platform
  • Relief: crowning of Roman emperor in guise of Apollo
  • Noah's ark surrounded by drowning men; above, the dove holds the olive leaf in its beak, while God appears in a cloud attired as a bishop. Woodcut.
  • God creating Eve out of Adam and blessing her as she emerges into the splendors of Eden. Wood engraving.
  • Michelangelo's painting of the creation of Adam, adapted to show God offering Adam a condom in order to prevent AIDS. Lithograph by C. Fritschke after Michelangelo, 199-.
  • A herald reads from a black parabaik and announces
  • The angel, announcing the birth of Christ, comes with a sceptre to the Virgin. Tinted lithograph by N.J. Strixner, 1821, after School of Meister Wilhelm.
  • The garden of Eden illuminated by light symbolising the Trinity. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol.
  • Cover for Volume 3 in red tooled leather with text in gold
  • The hand of God spans out heaven with a compass while surrounded by angels. Line engraving by Robert Pranker, ca. 1761.
  • Bilvamangala's Balagopalastuti with colour miniatures involving Krsna and the gopis
  • MS Thai 3, detail from one of the leaves
  • Prince Siddhattha is shown travelling to a park in a palanquin drawn by courtiers and soldiers. On his way Prince Siddhattha, Bodhisatta, sees three signs of the four that would turn him into Buddha, an old man, a sick man and a corpse, and that lead to his renunciation of secular life.
  • The creation of Adam. Engraving by D. Cunego, 1772, after Michelangelo.
  • God creates the birds and fish. Line engraving by Elias van den Bosche.
  • Devas announce the coming of a Buddha.
  • MS Thai 3, four leaves
  • God creating Eve out of Adam amidst all the wonders of Eden. Woodcut.
  • (Left) King Suddhodana asks brahmins to intertret the Queen's