# Book Cover for the Holy Bible

- By: England
- Date: c. 1700
- Medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk creped yarns, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal purl in reverse tent, satin, and tent stitches; couching and French knots
- Classification: Book
- Dimensions: 15.6 × 9.6 × 4.7 cm (6 1/8 × 3 3/4 × 1 7/8 in.)
- Culture: England
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/25287)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/e613ddb7-e53a-c2a7-b307-c1d0f1463456/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)