Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis



Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis. Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century C.E. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum).

  • OLDEST WELL PRESERVED MANUSCRIPT CONTAINING BIBLICAL SCENES 
  • IMPORTANT IN BYZANTINE ERA, BEGINNING OF ICON PAINTING 
  • WORK OF A CONSTANTINOPOLITAN/SYRIAN WORKSHOP; SHOWS STORY OF REBECCA AND ELIEZER
  • FLATTENED AND WEIGHTLESS FIGURES
  • EARLY BIBLE STORY
  • MADE OF ANIMAL SKIN
  • MADE BY HAND
  • WRITTEN IN SILVER 


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