M0008008: King David's lust, Old Testament miniature

Date:
July 1941
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/69/19
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Credit

M0008008: King David's lust, Old Testament miniature. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Pierpoint, Morgan MS. circa 1250AD

Description

Photograph of the top section of an illustration from folio 41v of the Crusader Bible, also known as the Morgan Picture Bible. It depicts King David spying Bathsheba bathing. The original item is held by the Morgan Library & Museum (reference MS M.638).

Publication/Creation

July 1941

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

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