Creepy Crawlies For Halloween week here’s a real “treat” of some creepy

Creepy Crawlies 

For Halloween week here’s a real “treat” of some creepy details from a 18th century publication that combines biblical commentary with depictions of flora and fauna of the natural world. The passage connecting these critters with the bible is Exodus VIII:16-20 which explains how though the people had been warned not to let the nourishing manna remain on the ground, “…they did not listen to Moses; some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul.”

These images are from a recent donation of hundreds of religious themed engravings and illustrations. We have determined a subcollection of these is from the Kupfer-Bibel: in welcher die Physica sacra, oder beheiligte Naturwissenschafft derer in Heil. Augspurg & Ulm: Gedruckt bey Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.