KJV Title Page

Here are two different versions of the 1611 printing of the KJV by Robert Barker in London. Note how both of these feature three verical axes, the 'three pillars', with the two outside pillars being emphasized. In the top version, the right pillar features the 12 disciples and the left one the 12 Hebrew tribes, symbolic of the 12 zodiac signs. The middle pillar is made up of the name of Jehovah (top), a standing lamb, a dove, a lamb on an altar, and a winged face (at the bottom).

Also at the top we see 12 stars and the sun on the left side and the moon on the right side. At the corners around the text we see the Apostles with books and pens in their hands. Adjacent to them we find the bull, the lion, the eagle and the man, which are the four creatures from Ezekiel (Ch 1) and the Revelation of John (Ch 4); these represent Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius the so-called fixed zodiac signs.

In the second version Moses (with the tablets of the 'law') is on the left while his brother Aaron (in priestly garb) is on the right. Each of them has two fives sided rosettes above them. Down the center we see the name JHVH, the dove, a lamb with a cross, and at the bottom, a mother pelican feeding her young from her own breast.

Again the sun is on the left and the moon is on the right, and the Apostles are accompanied by the man, bull, lion and the eagle. The 12 figures at the top are the apostles and the twelve tribes are depicted on the band below the Apostles.