Introduction: e Function and Nature of International Religious Contacts in Northern Europe

In 1682, the Dutch Reformed minister Johannes Möller presented an illustrated Bible to readers in the Dutch Republic. Möller’s Sleutel, dewelke verklaard de bybelse guuren oover de vier evangelisten, Handelingen der Apostelen en Openbaaringe Johannis [Key, which explains the Biblical Figures concerning the Four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles and the Book of Revelation] contained abbreviated and adapted versions of parts of the New Testament. Seventeen fold-out biblical prints made by one of the most skilled engravers of the time, Romeyn de Hooghe, were also inserted in the text (Figure I.1 below).