Title: Figure du Métier que Braunius a fait construire. Sur lequel on peut travailler des Tuniques avec des manches d'une pièce, et sans couture(1). Explication de la figure du Métier (2). Weaver at the machine described by Branius. On which one can do Tunics with sleeves of one piece and with no seams (1). Explanation to the design (2).
Dimensions: Approx. Image 11 1/2" x 7 5/8". Sheet 15 1/8" x 9 1/2" each.
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, Vol. I-IV, 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 engravings on laid paper.
Watermark: yes.
Mat and Frame: no.
Condition: The left edge is unevenly cut. A note in pencil on blank verso. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique,... Tome II, p 458. Paris, 1722.
Museums and Libraries: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon. 20367.
Note: This type of loom was described by Iohannes Braunius in his "Vestibus Sacerdotum Hebraeorum" ("The garments of the Hebrew priests"), 1680.