Detail of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2012

Bible and Book of Common Prayer

Robert Barker
London, 1607

Date: ca. 1607

Culture: British

Medium: Satin worked with silk and metal thread, spangles; long-and-short, split, satin, couching, brick, and knot stitches

Dimensions: L. 13 1/2 x W. 9 1/4 inches (34.3 x 23.5 cm)

Classification: Textiles-Embroidered

Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Accession Number: 64.101.1291

Description: The front and back covers of this bible are identical, both depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, standing by the Tree of Knowledge. Below the tree is the fountain from which sprang four rivers, the Pison, the Hiddekel (or Tigris), the Gihon and the Euphrates.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/228991