Sujet

Initial V: Job Derided by his Wife; Marquette Bible, about 1270. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Initial V: Job Derided by his Wife; Marquette Bible, about 1270. Additional Info:A historiated initial V is the first letter of the text of the Old Testament book devoted to the tormented but ever-righteous Job. Although suffering from sores and other afflictions, Job never lost his faith in the Lord. Against the glistening gold ground inside the initial, the naked Job, his ribs showing, sits upright in bed. Gesturing emphatically, his wife admonishes him for remaining steadfastly faithful. Vine scrolls with spiky and rounded leaves extend from the initial into the margin, where human and animal figures cavort. These playful characters and the vine scroll itself are common features of Gothic illumination, as is the color scheme dominated by blue and gold.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A72_109

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NA

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

44,4Mo (2,1Mo) / 26,5cm x 42,0cm / 3127 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Latin job health religious country marriage French France religion metal writing bed color patience patient decoration decorative medieval Christianity illness gold text location century gesturing ill Bible furniture Biblical concept script wives wife decorated husband hand gesture scolding manuscript lettering telling off affliction hand Gestures Colour Old Testament mediaeval Middle Ages afflicted gold leaf initial Thirteenth Century Book of Job 13th century illuminated manuscript tempera vellum manuscript Unknown Franco-Flemish Heritage Art blackletter gothic script folio verso Decorated Initial Tempera colours black ink and gold leaf