Légende

Building Tower of Babel, 1430-1440. God coming down to see the tower and deciding to confound the universal language and scatter people over the Earth. Stonemasons are at work in the foreground, mixing lime mortar and raising a block of stone with a winch and pulley. From the Bible (Genesis 11).

Date

1430

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A16_360

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,9Mo (3,2Mo) / 22,7cm x 33,0cm / 2681 x 3903 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal hill hills building library job busy animals lifting religious teamwork stone arts cooperation tower religion construction book occupation lime geography color unity scene medieval Christianity united Judaism Jewish camel camels deity God chemical builder depiction century profession Bible diversity literature Biblical miniature concept language humanity winch stonemason British Library raising co-operation origin pulley origins uniting Colour Old Testament mediaeval Middle Ages human race Genesis 15th century Bible scene Book of Genesis book of hours fifteenth century geographical feature Tower of Babel winching gear winchman manuscript working animal Biblical scene Yahweh Heritage Art 1430s Bedford Hours Master of the Munich Golden Legend Legend Master of the Munich Golden