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Add Ms 18850 f.17v Building of the Tower of Babel, from Book of Hours (The...

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BL3716541
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Add Ms 18850 f.17v Building of the Tower of Babel, from Book of Hours (The Bedford Hours) c.1410-30 (ink, colour & gold on vellum)
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Master of the Dresden Prayer Books (fl.c.1460-1520) / Netherlandish
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British Library, London, UK
Medium
ink, colour and gold on vellum
Date
c. 1410 AD - 1430 AD (C15th AD)
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26x18.5 cms
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The Building of the Tower of Babel. Building works include stones being raised on pulleys, wooden platforms, from which a man falls, and mixing mortar. Stone being carried by a camel. In the foreground, stonemasons working with their tools Bedford Hours Illustrator: Master of the Munich Golden Legends Paris; 1414-1423 Language: Latin and French Source/Shelfmark: Add. 18850, f.17v

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Babylon / Mesopotamia / Antiquity / Iraq / arab civilization / Middle East / Christianity / religion / decoration / France / Europe / book / Tower of Babel / Bible / Book of Genesis / decoration / religious / calendar / medallion / miniatures / month / labours / signs / iconography / floriated / french / sign / borders / manuscript / use / medieval / pattern / text / 15th / hours / motifs / devotional / script / months / medallions / zodiac / patterns / labour / miniature / gothic / psalms / prayer / historiated / book of hours / ivy-leaf / illumimated / zodiacal / religion / paris / bedford
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