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Source Description
This scene from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a moment during the wandering of the Israelites in the desert after their escape from the bondage of Egypt. The Israelites came into the wilderness of Zin, and evil place, and they thought that they would die there, because there was no water. Moses (depicted here with horns as a sign of his encounter with divinity), struck a rock with his staff, and water flowed from it.
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Document identity
localId
27478
label
Leaf from Bible Pictures by William de Brailes
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
27478
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Leaf from Bible Pictures by William de Brailes
description
This scene from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a moment during the wandering of the Israelites in the desert after their escape from the bondage of Egypt. The Israelites came into the wilderness of Zin, and evil place, and they thought that they would die there, because there was no water. Moses (depicted here with horns as a sign of his encounter with divinity), struck a rock with his staff, and water flowed from it.
provenance
Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 6, 1903, by purchase [see The Diaries of George Lucas]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1250 (Medieval)
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.2
height
9.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 3/16 x W: 3 3/4 in. (13.2 x 9.5 cm)
Source extras
style
Gothic
inscriptions
[Translation] When Moses led the people through the desert
they did not find any water. Then the people murmured and said that they wished more to have remained in servitude in Egypt than to die here of thirst. Moses struck the rock; water issued from it. They drank; [Transliteration] Quant myses amen[a] le peple p[ar] le desert ne truverent puint de ewe dunc grucea le peple [e] dit q[ue] meuz voleint aver alte en servage en egypte q[ue] la murir de seif. moises feri en la roche. ewe en issi il bure[n]t
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ink and pigment on parchment
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3408
3408
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MSS
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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