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In this page from Walters manuscript W.106 Joseph, the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons was a dreamer, beloved by his father, and hated by his brethren. One day, Jacob, seated on a grand chair as befits a patriarch, said to Joseph, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers, and with the flock; and bring me word again."
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Document identity
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26766
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Jacob Sends Joseph to his Brothers (Genesis 37:13-14)
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Source metadata
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26766
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object
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normalized
title
Jacob Sends Joseph to his Brothers (Genesis 37:13-14)
description
In this page from Walters manuscript W.106 Joseph, the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons was a dreamer, beloved by his father, and hated by his brethren. One day, Jacob, seated on a grand chair as befits a patriarch, said to Joseph, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers, and with the flock; and bring me word again."
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
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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] below the image reads: Jacob sends Joseph
his son
to Sichen to his brothers who were guarding the beasts; [Transliteration] Above: iacob ioseph; [Transliteration] Below: iacob enveat ioseph suen fiz en sichen a sas freres q[ui] gardient les bestes.
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ink and pigment on parchment
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3408
3408
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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20abb4d4ee849253