Sujet

Initial T: Isaac and Esau, about 1455-1461. Creator: Franco dei Russi.

Légende

Initial T: Isaac and Esau, about 1455-1461. Additional Info:Elderly and bedridden, the Old Testament patriarch Isaac directs his eldest son, Esau, to hunt for venison. Isaac promises to give Esau his final blessing when he returns with the meal, but Esau's brother, Jacob, arrives first, dressed as a hunter, and steals the blessing. The biblical story from the book of Genesis that inspired this scene, and the chant that follows on this page, are read and sung during the Christian penitential season of Lent. The figures' brightly colored garments and the delicate gold highlights on the trees and grass are characteristic of Franco dei Russi's manuscript illumination.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A71_077

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,2Mo (1,8Mo) / 29,9cm x 42,0cm / 3537 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy Italian people male man men historical music religious arts country religion singing metal figure figures writing book guy color decoration decorative medieval Christian Christianity gold text location century Bible alphabet literature Biblical concept script decorated manuscript lettering Colour Old Testament mediaeval Middle Ages Genesis gold leaf CHANT hymn initial history historic 15th century Book of Genesis Ferrara fifteenth century hymn book illuminated manuscript Isaac Lent tempera vellum Isaac manuscript Rossi biblical character Esau Folio letter T choir book Heritage Art Esau Detached leaf recto Tempera and gold leaf Decorated Initial Franco dei Russi Russi Franco dei