Image Credits
The New Testament
Every image on the course page, with its source, license, and the reason it was chosen. The artwork is public-domain and freely-licensed material from Wikimedia Commons: paintings of the evangelists and apostles, the ancient manuscripts that carried the texts, and a few photographs of the New Testament world. Creative Commons photographs are noted below.
| Image | Work & Attribution | License | Where it appears | Why it’s included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 four-evangelists.jpg | The Four Evangelists Jacob Jordaens c. 1625 Source ↗ | Public domain | Hero background | Jordaens gathers the four gospel-writers in one frame: the texts the course opens with. |
 codex-sinaiticus.jpg | Codex Sinaiticus (Matthew 6:32-7:27) Unknown (4th-century scribe) 4th century CE Source ↗ | Public domain | Hero ornament | A page of Codex Sinaiticus, one of the oldest complete New Testaments. |
 gospel-papyrus.jpg | Papyrus 52, Gospel of John 18:31-33 Unknown (2nd-century scribe) Papyrus 2nd century CE Source ↗ | Public domain | Hero ornament | P52, the earliest surviving scrap of a Gospel. |
 chi-rho.jpg | The Book of Kells, Chi-Rho monogram (folio 34r) Insular monks (Book of Kells) c. 800 CE Source ↗ | Public domain | Hero ornament | The Chi-Rho monogram from the Book of Kells, the sign of Christ over the Gospels. |
 matthew-inspiration.jpg | The Inspiration of Saint Matthew Caravaggio 1602 Source ↗ | Public domain | Origin section figure | Caravaggio’s Matthew taking dictation from an angel: the gospel as inspired text. |
 greek-nt-page.jpg | Codex Vaticanus (the end of Luke) Unknown (4th-century scribe) 4th century CE Source ↗ | Public domain | At-a-Glance backdrop | Codex Vaticanus: the Greek New Testament as the great manuscripts preserve it. |
 luke-evangelist.jpg | Saint Luke (San Luca Altarpiece) Andrea Mantegna 1453-1454 Source ↗ | Public domain | Theme I medallion (The Gospels) | Mantegna’s St Luke at work: the evangelists who shaped the four gospels. |
 christ-preaching.jpg | Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe) Rembrandt van Rijn c. 1652 Source ↗ | CC0 | Theme II medallion (The Historical Jesus) | Rembrandt’s Jesus teaching a crowd: the historical figure behind the texts. |
 paul-athens.jpg | St Paul Preaching at Athens (tapestry cartoon) Raphael 1515 Source ↗ | Public domain | Theme III medallion (The Letters of Paul) | Raphael’s Paul preaching at Athens: the apostle whose letters fill the New Testament. |
 saint-peter.jpg | Saint Peter Peter Paul Rubens c. 1610-1612 Source ↗ | Public domain | Theme IV medallion (The Other Apostles) | Rubens’s Peter with the keys: the disciple whose name two New Testament letters carry. |
 st-john-patmos.jpg | Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos Titian (and workshop) c. 1553-1555 Source ↗ | CC0 | Theme V medallion (Revelation & the Canon) | Titian’s John on Patmos, pen in hand: the seer behind Revelation. |
 scriptorium.jpg | The scribe Jean Miélot at his writing desk Jean Le Tavernier c. 1450-1460 Source ↗ | Public domain | Instructor backdrop | A medieval scribe at his desk: the copyists who carried these texts through the centuries. |
 p46.jpg | Papyrus 46, a leaf of the Pauline epistles Unknown (ancient scribe) c. 200 CE Source ↗ | Public domain | Stats backdrop | Papyrus 46: the physical evidence behind the debates over what Paul actually wrote. |
 canon-tables.jpg | Eusebian canon tables from a Gospel book Unknown (Freer Gallery of Art) 11th century Source ↗ | Public domain | Highlights backdrop | Eusebian canon tables: the medieval index that cross-referenced the four gospels. |
 nag-hammadi.jpg | The Gospel of Thomas (Nag Hammadi Codex II) Unknown (Coptic scribe) Manuscript 4th century CE Source ↗ | Public domain | Highlights image card | A page of the Gospel of Thomas from Nag Hammadi: one of the lost gospels left out of the canon. |
 illuminated-gospel.jpg | The Lindisfarne Gospels, St Matthew Eadfrith of Lindisfarne Late 7th century Source ↗ | Public domain | Highlights image card | The Lindisfarne Gospels’ St Matthew: the gospel book as sacred art. |
 transfiguration.jpg | The Transfiguration Raphael 1516-1520 Source ↗ | Public domain | “Prepare to Rethink” backdrop | Raphael’s Transfiguration: a gospel scene at the height of Renaissance art. |
 gospel-lectionary.jpg | The Book of Kells, Incipit to Matthew (folio 29r) Insular monks (Book of Kells) c. 800 CE Source ↗ | Public domain | Schedule backdrop | The Book of Kells opening of Matthew: the gospel copied and adorned by hand. |
 pentecost.jpg | Pentecost El Greco c. 1600 Source ↗ | Public domain | Bonuses backdrop | El Greco’s Pentecost: the spirit that launched the movement the New Testament records. |
 ephesus.jpg | The Library of Celsus, Ephesus Photo: Benh Lieu Song Building c. 117 CE (photographed 2010) Source ↗ | CC BY-SA 3.0 | FAQ backdrop | The Library of Celsus at Ephesus, a great city of Paul’s mission and the Johannine tradition. |
Public-domain works are reproduced freely. CC BY / CC BY-SA images are credited to their photographers as required; follow each Source link for the full license text.