Description
This page from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts scenes from the story of Samuel. Top: The priest Eli's sons Hophni and Phinehas were also priests at the temple, and they took sacrifices that had been made at teh temple before the fat had been burned; they wanted it raw. The sin that they committed was very great in the eyes of God.
Bottom: When Samuel was weaned, Hannah and Elkanah brought him to the temple.
Provenance
Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 6, 1903, by purchase [see The Diaries of George Lucas]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Translation] the inscription for the TOP image has been partially cut off, but the remainder reads: ...with all the blood and they stole it. God grew angry because Eli consented to it; [Transliteration] ...od tut le sanc e l[']emblerent. deu se curuza q[ua]r heli i cunsenti.
[Translation] the inscription BELOW the image reads: Elkanah and Hannah brought Samuel to the temple and offered him to God. He remained there with Eli, guarding the Ark; [Transliteration] helcana e anna porterent samuel al temple e l[']offurent a deu la remist od heli gardau[n]t l[']arche.
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
