Title: Cérémonie du lévirat ou du déchaussé. Deuter XXV. 7-8-9 (Levirate or Discalced Ceremony. Book of Deuteronomy XXV 7-8-9).
Dimensions: Image 11 7/8" x 7 5/8". Sheet 15 1/4" x 9 1/2"
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: 1728.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: no.
Mat and Frame: no.
Condition: Torn from the bound volume. The left edge is a roughly cut. Three minor wormholes to the u.l. corner. A note in pencil on blank verso. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique,... Tome III, p 440. Paris, 1728.
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Note: Levirate is a custom of the ancient Hebrews by which a man may be obliged to marry his brother's widow. Halitzah: The Ceremonial Release from Levirate Marriage. This rarely performed ritual releases a man from the obligation of marrying his deceased brother's childless wife.