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Ivory Comb with scenes from the life of King David and Bathsheba
A double-edged ivory comb with fine teeth at one side and wide teeth at the other side. It is decorated on both sides in low relief with carved scenes depicting the story of King David and Bathsheba. One side shows King David sitting by a fountain and playing a harp with three women, this is surrounded by floral decoration. The other side shows David, Bathsheba and her husband, Uriah the Hittite, …
Contributors
- Unknown
Creator
- Unknown
Subject
- Medieval (European)
- WikiProject: The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
- Reading culture (liturgical)
- Reading culture (courtly)
- David and Bathsheba
- Uriah the Hittite
- Middle Ages
Type of item
- IMAGE
Date
- 15th century
- 15th century
- 14XX
- 15th century
Medium
- Ivory
- Walrus
- Ivory
- H 12 x W 16.04
- ivory (material)
- Ivory
Contributors
- Unknown
Creator
- Unknown
Subject
- Medieval (European)
- WikiProject: The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
- Reading culture (liturgical)
- Reading culture (courtly)
- David and Bathsheba
- Uriah the Hittite
- Middle Ages
Type of item
- IMAGE
Date
- 15th century
- 15th century
- 14XX
- 15th century
Medium
- Ivory
- Walrus
- Ivory
- H 12 x W 16.04
- ivory (material)
- Ivory
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- c.1400 - c.1499
Temporal
- 15th century
- 15th century
- 14XX
- 15th century
Places
- http://sws.geonames.org/3017382/
Source
- https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/56b4669b-d00a-37b5-b342-1708fbcb109b/?s%3DHCM+150&pos=1
Identifier
- #3772d525j
Format
- image
Is part of
- Art of Reading in the Middle Ages: newly digitised item
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-06-24T14:46:24.472Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-06-24T14:47:54.187Z