[]
Your ongoing selection
Asset(s) Assets
Your quote 0

Your selection

Clear selection
{"event":"pageview","page_type1":"catalog","page_type2":"image_page","language":"en","user_logged":"false","user_type":"ecommerce","nl_subscriber":"false"}
{"event":"ecommerce_event","event_name":"view_item","event_category":"browse_catalog","ecommerce":{"items":[{"item_id":"BL748085","item_brand":"other","item_category":"illustration","item_category2":"out_of_copyright","item_category3":"standard","item_category4":"anglo_saxon_11th_century","item_category5":"not_balown","item_list_name":"search_results","item_name":"cotton_claudius_b_iv_f_59_pharaoh_has_his_chief_baker_hanged_vellum_11th_century","item_variant":"undefined"}]}}
Metadata Block (Hidden)

Contact us for further help

High res file dimension

Search for more high res images or videos

Cotton Claudius B. IV, f.59 Pharaoh has his chief baker hanged, vellum, 11th century

Cotton Claudius B. IV, f.59  Pharaoh has his chief baker hanged, vellum, 11th century
Asset - General information
Copyright status
No Additional Copyright
Permissions
More info
Permission required for non-editorial use (inc book and magazine covers). Please contact us
Largest available format 3976 × 5787 px 26 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 3976 × 5787 px 337 × 490 mm 26.0 MB
Medium 704 × 1024 px 60 × 87 mm 1.1 MB
Leave the work to our dedicated Account Managers
License details
Your details
*
*
*
*
*
IMAGE number
BL748085
Image title
Cotton Claudius B. IV, f.59 Pharaoh has his chief baker hanged, vellum, 11th century
Auto-translated text View Original Source
Artist
Anglo-Saxon, (11th century) / English
Location
British Library, London, UK
Image description

[Detail] RH of upper drawing, illustrating Genesis 40, 22; Pharaoh [with Saxon Witan] has his chief baker hanged Image taken from Old English Illustrated Hexateuch. Originally published/produced in England [Canterbury]; second quarter of 11th century. Hexateuch = first six books of the Bible. The Witenagemot or Witan was an assembly of the ruling class whose primary function was to advise the king and whose membership was composed of the most important noblemen in England, both ecclesiastic and secular.

Photo credit
From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
Book of Genesis / Bible (book) / gallows / baker / pharaoh / counselors / butler / hanging / councillors / king / punishment / hexateuch / witenagemot / claudius / anglo-saxon / witan / saxon

Similar Images