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Detail of a Bible and Book of Psalms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2012

Detail of a Bible and Book of Psalms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2012
Bible and Book of Psalms

Company of Stationers

Printer: and Richard Cotes , 1695

Date: ca. 1649

Culture: British

Medium: Satin worked with silk and metal thread, spangles; knot, tent, and couching stitches; silver metal thread edging

Dimensions: L. 8 7/8 x W. 7 1/4 inches (22.5 x 18.4 cm)

Classification: Textiles-Embroidered

Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Accession Number: 64.101.1293

Description: The medallion on the cover depicts Elijah and the widow; on the reverse, Elijah is fed by ravens in the desert

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/228994

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