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

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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