Box with Scenes from the Fall of Adam and Eve and the Story of Joseph

İsim	Box with Scenes from the Fall of Adam and Eve and the Story of Joseph
Basım Tarihi:	10th-11th century (Medieval)
Basım Yeri	- The Walters Art Museum
Konu	Culture: Byzantine \| more \| less
Tür	Diğer
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar	Dimensions: H: 7 3/8 x W: 10 15/16 x D: 7 1/16 in. (18.7 x 27.8 x 17.9 cm)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	71.295
Kayıt Numarası	walters-7841
Lokasyon	The Walters Art Museum
Tarih	10th-11th century (Medieval)
Notlar	The front of this casket depicts the Fall of Adam and the Temptation of Eve, flanking the Sorrowing Adam below the lockplate. A fourth plaque on the back of the casket portrays Adam hiding behind a tree and covering his nudity. The large rectangular plaque set into the casket's lid shows the Old Testament patriarch Jacob ordering his son Joseph to follow his brothers, and the Angel of the Lord guiding his way. These Old Testament images must have been intened as moral examples for the box's owner. It was probably used in a private home for the safekeeping of valuables. In Constantinople, where urban life, especially in the middle Byzantine period (843-1204) surpassed that of any western center, luxury items such as boxes made of ivory and bone were in great demand and produced serially. A number of details point toward such a system of manufacture: many extant boxes have similar dimensions, and often the borders were cut to size and used as fillers. The plaque on the lid of this box with biblical scenes is smaller than the allotted space, a sign that it was not made to measure. Likewise, the presence of peg holes prepared but not drilled through (like those in the upper left border) indicates that the plaque was part of a stockpile and not custom made. These techniques allowed workshops to produce more affordable wares, thus meeting the needs of a larger market. The wealthier patrons might order a custom-made box covered in ivory plaques, consumers of more modest means could purchase a box decorated with the plaques and strips of carved bone that the workshop kept in stock. For the latest information about this object, caskets (personal gear); boxes, visit art.thewalters.org. \| Dynasty: Macedonian Dynasty \| Inscriptions: [Translation] Jacob Sending Joseph out to His Brothers Angel of the Lord The Transgression of Adam [The] Snake Speaking to Eve \| Reign: \| Style: \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	BYZ \| Medieval Art
Malzeme	bone and ivory on wood

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Box with Scenes from the Fall of Adam and Eve and the Story of Joseph

Basım Tarihi 10th-11th century (Medieval)

Basım Yeri - The Walters Art Museum

Konu Culture: Byzantine | more | less

Tür Diğer

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Fiziksel Boyutlar Dimensions: H: 7 3/8 x W: 10 15/16 x D: 7 1/16 in. (18.7 x 27.8 x 17.9 cm)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 71.295

Kayıt Numarası walters-7841

Lokasyon The Walters Art Museum

Tarih 10th-11th century (Medieval)

Notlar The front of this casket depicts the Fall of Adam and the Temptation of Eve, flanking the Sorrowing Adam below the lockplate. A fourth plaque on the back of the casket portrays Adam hiding behind a tree and covering his nudity. The large rectangular plaque set into the casket's lid shows the Old Testament patriarch Jacob ordering his son Joseph to follow his brothers, and the Angel of the Lord guiding his way. These Old Testament images must have been intened as moral examples for the box's owner. It was probably used in a private home for the safekeeping of valuables. In Constantinople, where urban life, especially in the middle Byzantine period (843-1204) surpassed that of any western center, luxury items such as boxes made of ivory and bone were in great demand and produced serially. A number of details point toward such a system of manufacture: many extant boxes have similar dimensions, and often the borders were cut to size and used as fillers. The plaque on the lid of this box with biblical scenes is smaller than the allotted space, a sign that it was not made to measure. Likewise, the presence of peg holes prepared but not drilled through (like those in the upper left border) indicates that the plaque was part of a stockpile and not custom made. These techniques allowed workshops to produce more affordable wares, thus meeting the needs of a larger market. The wealthier patrons might order a custom-made box covered in ivory plaques, consumers of more modest means could purchase a box decorated with the plaques and strips of carved bone that the workshop kept in stock. For the latest information about this object, caskets (personal gear); boxes, visit art.thewalters.org. | Dynasty: Macedonian Dynasty | Inscriptions: [Translation] Jacob Sending Joseph out to His Brothers Angel of the Lord The Transgression of Adam [The] Snake Speaking to Eve | Reign: | Style: | more | less

Parçası Olduğu BYZ | Medieval Art

Malzeme bone and ivory on wood