From the minute this Bible comes out of the box you are instantly met with such incredible, artistic design! The goatskin covers are amazing: I personally got the Olive Slate color and love it. The meritian goatskin is a finer pebbled cover than the new full grain goatskins that Humble Lamb is going to (my favorite goatskin covers), but you still need to own one of these finer grained meritian covers too. It has a lot of character to it, some imperfections that are more visible and overall adds to the artistic look of the Bible. The tooled line and perimeter stitch add a lot of “sharpness” to the exterior look.
The lion stamp embossed on the back of the goatskin is easier to see with the full grain goatskin but still looks great on the meritian leather. The “Word of God” stamp on the spine looks fantastic, I love that Humble Lamb refers to the Bible the way the Bible refers to itself: The Word of God.
The fore-edge gilding is my favorite feature of this Bible, I personally got the lion and the snake fore-edge, or as I like to call it, “the skull-crusher”. The reason I love Humble Lamb is that they use their artistic designs to point to the Bible being canonical: the Bible is a story, a story or the coming King and His Kingdom. The themes of the seedline, the threat to the seedline, and the providential victory over death in Revelation, is beautifully symbolized by the skullcrusher gild. In the end, the Lion crushes the head of the snake! This is my favorite fore-edge design that Humble Lamb has.
The inside of the Bible is flawless. The art illustrations by Gustave Dore, the blue lettering for the words of Christ, the text block, the blue accents….the reading experience is second to none when it comes to Humble Lamb.
I highly recommend this Bible!