Mose weiht Aaron und seine Söhne zum Priesteramt (?)

Title

Mose weiht Aaron und seine Söhne zum Priesteramt (?)

Draughtsman

• German, 12th century

Period Produced

• 12th century

School

• Romanesque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• parchment

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• preliminary drawing for a book illustration?

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten (mit Bleistift): Deutsch Byzantinisch des XII Jahrhunderts / No 479
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Peter (apostle)
• Paul (apostle)
• Jesus Christ
• Moses
• Aaron

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Exodus 29,4-7

Primary

• 71E21 Aaron and his four sons are ordained by Moses (Leviticus 8)
• 11H(PETER) the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara
• 11H(PAUL) the apostle Paul of Tarsus; possible attributes: book, scroll, sword
• 11D3 Christ as adult
• 11I62(MOSES) Moses (not in biblical context); possible attributes: rays of light or horns on his head, rod, Tables of the Law
• 11D3342 'Traditio legis', 'Dominus legem dat', i.e. Christ giving a scroll (the Law) to Paul; Peter present
• 71E1 the book Exodus: story of Moses and Aaron