Morbid Anatomy recently led me to an incredible series of work by Swiss scholar Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.

Scheuchzer, a doctor and natural scientist from Zurich, planned the Physica sacra as an explanation of and a commentary on the Bible on natural-scientific grounds. He himself oversaw the illustrations which were largely based on his own natural history cabinet or on other famous European cabinets of rare specimens.

So much to take in…

You can see the whole amazing set on Flickr here.