Title: Cérémonies de l'Expiration solemnelle. Levitiq. XVI (Solemn Expiration Ceremonies. Book of Leviticus XVI).
Dimensions: Image 11" x 17 1/2". Sheet 15" x 18".
Edition: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, géographique et littéral de la Bible, enrichi d'un grand nombre de figures en taille-douce, qui représentent les antiquitez judaïques. Par le Reverend Pere Dom Augustin Calmet,... Paris, 1722-1728. [Many Illustrations were drawn by J. B. Martin, engraved by Ph. Simonneau, J. Lebas, J. B. Scotin, P. Starckman, and De Beren (University of Leeds)].
Date: 1728.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: no.
Mat and Frame: no.
Condition: Torn from the bound volume. Center folded as issued. Two minor wormholes to the u.m. A note in pencil on blank verso. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique,... Tome III, p. 268. Paris, 1728.
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Note: The Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, was the most solemn Jewish holiday. On this day, the High Priest performed a sophisticated ritual to atone for the sins of the people.