Title: Habits des Lévites (Habit of a Levite).
Dimensions: Image 11 3/8" x 7 5/8". Sheet 15 1/4" x 9 1/4".
Edition: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, géographique et littéral de la Bible, enrichi d'un grand nombre de figures en taille-douce, qui représentent les antiquitez judaïques. Par le Reverend Pere Dom Augustin Calmet,... Paris, 1722-1728. [Many Illustrations were drawn by J. B. Martin, engraved by Ph. Simonneau, J. Lebas, J. B. Scotin, P. Starckman, and De Beren (University of Leeds)].
Date: 1722.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: no.
Mat and Frame: no.
Condition: The left edge is unevenly cut. Wormholes. Minor tears to the bottom edge. A note in pencil on blank verso. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique,... Tome I, p 480. Paris, 1722.
Museums and Libraries: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon. 20367.
Note: Levites traditionally served at Jerusalem Temple. Depicted Levite holds a shofar - a musical instrument made from a horn used to signal the beginning of Shabbat.