Tabernacle Diagram

One of 10 works in the series: Wayne Mickey Collection available on this site.

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A bed sheet with text and/or artwork used as a visual aid to a preacher's sermon. This particular sermon chart is a cotton sheet with a simple drawing of a floorplan of the Tabernacle that the Israelites used during their period of wilderness wandering. Drawn and labeled with single-letter initials are the Holy Place, alter, laver, showbread, incense, and Holy of Holies. Drawn, but not labeled are the golden lampstand and the ark of the covenant. This illustration is not signed, but according to his daughter Wayne Mickey illustrated all his own charts.

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1 art original : Cotton with hemmed and/or pinked edges to prevent fraying ; 138 cm x 152 cm

Creation Information

Mickey, Wayne & Mickey, Wayne [1940..1960].

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This artwork is part of the collection entitled: Abilene Christian University Sermon Charts and was provided by the Abilene Christian University Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 1573 times, with 14 in the last month. More information about this work can be viewed below.

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Abilene Christian University Library

The Abilene Christian Library is ACU's resource for scholarly Christian communication, innovative technology, and interdisciplinary creativity. The main hub is Brown Library, which provides a wealth of digital resources for students and faculty alike.

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A bed sheet with text and/or artwork used as a visual aid to a preacher's sermon. This particular sermon chart is a cotton sheet with a simple drawing of a floorplan of the Tabernacle that the Israelites used during their period of wilderness wandering. Drawn and labeled with single-letter initials are the Holy Place, alter, laver, showbread, incense, and Holy of Holies. Drawn, but not labeled are the golden lampstand and the ark of the covenant. This illustration is not signed, but according to his daughter Wayne Mickey illustrated all his own charts.

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1 art original : Cotton with hemmed and/or pinked edges to prevent fraying ; 138 cm x 152 cm

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Abilene Christian University Sermon Charts

Sermon charts, or bed sheets painted with text and/or artwork, were used as visual aids to preachers' sermons. The sermon charts in this collection date from the 1900s to the 1970s.

Abilene Library Consortium

Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.

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  • [1940..1960]

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  • Oct. 29, 2013, 6:48 a.m.

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  • May 10, 2018, 5:44 p.m.

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Mickey, Wayne & Mickey, Wayne. Tabernacle Diagram, artwork, [1940..1960]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth347075/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.

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