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William de Brailes: The Israelites Worship the Golden Calf and Moses Breaks the Tablets (Exodus 32:1-19)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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William de Brailes  (–1260)  wikidata:Q8020766
 
William de Brailes
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William De Brailes
Description English manuscript illuminator
Date of birth/death 13th century
date QS:P,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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1260 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Brailes (?)
Work period between circa 1230 and circa 1260
date QS:P,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1230-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1260-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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artist QS:P170,Q8020766
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William de Brailes  (–1260)  wikidata:Q8020766
 
William de Brailes
Alternative names
William De Brailes
Description English manuscript illuminator
Date of birth/death 13th century
date QS:P,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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1260 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Brailes (?)
Work period between circa 1230 and circa 1260
date QS:P,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1230-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1260-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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creator QS:P170,Q8020766
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The Israelites Worship the Golden Calf and Moses Breaks the Tablets (Exodus 32:1-19)
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English: This scene from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a moment when the Israelites were in the desert after their escape from Egypt. Moses (shown here with horns, a sign of his encounter with divinity) had been on Mount Sinai, alone, receiving instructions from God. The Israelites strayed from faith in God in his absence
Date circa 1250
date QS:P571,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(Middle Ages
era QS:P2348,Q12554
)
Medium ink and pigment on parchment
Dimensions height: 13.2 cm (5.1 in); width: 9.5 cm (3.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,13.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,9.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.106.13R
Place of creation Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Object history
  • Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 6, 1903, by purchase [see The Diaries of George Lucas]
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
Inscriptions [Translation] When Moses went to the mountain to receive the Law, God said to him: 'Go down. Your people sin.' Moses descended and saw his people adoring a calf, which they made of gold and silver. When he saw this, he grew angry at them [and] hurled his tablets against the rock so that they broke; [Transliteration] Cum moyses fu al munt p[our] receivre la lei de[u] lu dit dece[n]de tun peple pecche. moysen d[e]se[n]d li vit sun peple aurer un veel q[u'i]l aveint fet d[']or e d[']argent. q[ua]nt ceo vit, li se corra, rua sa tables encuntre la roche q[u'i]l debruser[en]t.
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