The life of Christ
Subtitle: paintings of the 11th-15th centuries with passages from the Gospels.
Publisher: Collins
Published: 1959
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Art.; Christian art and symbolism.
Notes: I bought my copy of this magical book from Foyles in 1960. When I thought I had lost it recently, I was distraught, fortunately unnecessarily. The runaway favourite in my book collection.
Nowadays I cannot turn over the pages without weeping, such is the incredible power of these naive paintings, coupled with the stunning, wonderfully poetic King James text. The paintings could almost have been executed by a 10-year old child, albeit incredibly talented.
When I show it to my 5 and 6-yr old grand-daughters, it is obvious that they are transfixed and mesmerised by the amazing beauty and emotion in the pictures, as of course they are just beginning to learn and understand the Gospel story. What a fabulous introduction to the Christian faith!
If a second hand copy was to come onto the market, I would expect the sky to be the limit.    
I also wonder whether it would be possible to recreate this book from scratch, with all the necessary permissions from the galleries? I would expect the cost to be prohibitive.       David Negus.