Moses With The Ten Commandments

Entitled Moses taken from Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608. According to the story in Exodus, God inscribed them on two stone tablets, which he gave to... more

by Folger Shakespeare Library

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Moses With The Ten Commandments

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Photograph

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Entitled "Moses" taken from Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608. According to the story in Exodus, God inscribed them on two stone tablets, which he gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue, are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity. They include instructions to worship only God and to keep the sabbath, and prohibitions against idolatry, blasphemy, murder, theft, dishonesty, and adultery. Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. He is the most important prophet in Judaism and is also considered an important prophet in Christianity and Islam, as well as a number of other faiths. Thomas Trevilian, or Trevelyon, a London craftsman of whom little is known, created his miscellany in 1608 when he was about the age of 60. The bulky manuscript of 290 double-sided folios contains texts and images appropriated from books, woodcuts, and engravings of his day.

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February 6th, 2017