Title: David consultant le Grand Prêtre par l'Urim et Thummim (David consulting the High Priest by the Urim and Thummim).
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: 1722.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: no.
Mat and Frame: no.
Condition: Torn from the bound volume. The right edge is a roughly 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 I, p. 276. Paris, 1722.
Museums and Libraries: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon. 20367.
Note: Urim and Thummim are a part of the breast decoration of a High Priest vestments used for prediction based on God's will. The sense of the scene is David asking the High Priest about the future (divination).