I bought Aziraphale's Bible so you don't have to.
Am I insane? Yes. Was it worth it? Maybe.
In most* of both season 1 and season 2 of GO, there's a very specific Bible on a bookstand next to Aziraphale's desk. It's a vintage illustrated plate book by Harold Copping, known as the Harold Copping Bible, published by the religious tract society in London in 1910. It features some of the most well known Old Testament stories, summarized and annotated by the Bishop of Durham at the time, and illustrated by Copping, who was freshly returned from a sojourn in the middle east. Ironically, It was meant as a lay-person's version of a comic book, short, exciting by use of exotic illustrations, and easy to read.
But my (expensive) gain is now your gain! As I've collected here every visible page in both seasons for your reading and viewing pleasure.
Season 1: All episodes
Adam & Eve
Genesis iii (1:3) / HCB page 10
Season 2: Episode 1
Joseph known to his brethren
Genesis xlv (1:45) / HCB Page 28
S2E1 14:21, S2E1 17:41, S2E1 39:45
Season 2: Episode 2
Jacob's vow
Genesis xxviii (1:28) / HCB Page 22
S2E2 5:49
Season 2: Episode 2
Joseph known to his brethren
Genesis xlv (1:45) / HCB Page 28
S2E2 13:38 (see S2E1 above)
Season 2: Episode 2
The Brazen Serpent
Numbers xxi (4:21) / HCB page 36
S2E2 16:12, 43:40
Season 2: Episode 2*
Bible on the desk, Magazine on the stand
Annuel L'art Pour Tous, Cover (1861-1880 most likely)
S2E2 22:10
The French L'art pour tous industrial design periodical will have to be a story for another post. For now, just enjoy this 1880 edition copperplate of cherubs discovering a microscope...
Season 2: Episode 2
Imaginary page from HCB, Job
KJV Job (18:1) / HCB N/A
S2E2 22:29, S2E2 40:05
Obviously, the plate illustrations and text look different here than in the real bible, because they were created for the show. But there are a few more particularities here. For one, this layout with the thin grid around the text, as well as the paragraph symbol next to the first title, indicate that this would have been a printer's proof copy, not a finished book. It shows you the layout grid and can be annotated for changes. Second, there seems to be a war going on between fonts. Where the "chapter" of Job begins, we get a font and a style similar to the original bible, which gets rudely interrupted by a dropped capital (from the real book) and a Gothic-style font/verse numbers like in the original King James version of the printed Bible.
Season 2: Episode 3
The Brazen Serpent
NUMBERS xxi (4:21) / HCB page 36
S2E3 1:18 (see episode 2)
Season 2: Episode 5
By the Rivers of Babylon
Pslam cxxxvii (19:137) / HCB page 52
S2E5 21:20
Season 2: Episode 6
Bible missing, L'art pour Tous on the stand
Annuel L'art Pour Tous, Cover (1861-1880 most likely)
S2E6 10:21, 17:21, 18:15, 34:28 (see episode 2)
Season 2: Episode 6
Closed HCB, L'art pour Tous on the stand behind
HCB page 0
S2E6 37:58, 44:20, 48:08
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