Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.

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22873i
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In the top scene (Bible O.T. Numbers 5) a woman is undergoing the "ordeal of the waters of bitterness" - if a jealous man suspects his wife of adultery he can request a trial to prove her guilt or innocence. According to Numbers 5 the floor of the temple is swept and the dust is added to water and the wife is then made to drink it, if she is unaffected by the water she is innocent, if she is not then pronounced guilty

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1 print : etching ; platemark 18.6 x 14.9 cm

Lettering

Poculum Zelotijpiæ. 489. Sepultura Judæoum. 483. Circumcisio. 381.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 22873i

Reproduction note

The original is plate to: J. Leusden, Philologus Hebraeo mixtus ..., Utrecht 1682 (2nd ed.)

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