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Babel, Tower of

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  • Episodes in the Old Testament. Engraving by M.T.
  • The builders of the Tower of Babel start to argue as their language is confounded. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet, c. 1700.
  • Noah preparing his first sacrifice after the Flood; the Tower of Babel; God responds to Noah's sacrifice with a rainbow. Etching by J. Hulett.
  • The building of a ziggurat, perhaps the Tower of Babel; bricks are burned and chiselled. Etching.
  • Six men construct a section of the Tower of Babel. Etching by Cowley after S. Wale.
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Catalogue

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    Turris Babel, sive archontologia qua primo priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores rerumque gestarum magnitudo, secundo turris fabrica civitatumque extructio, confusio linguarum, et inde gentium transmigrationis ... describuntur et explicantur / [Athanasius Kircher].

    Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. | Date: 1679
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    The builders of the Tower of Babel start to argue as their language is confounded. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet, c. 1700.

    Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733. | Reference: 15771i
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    Noah preparing his first sacrifice after the Flood; the Tower of Babel; God responds to Noah's sacrifice with a rainbow. Etching by J. Hulett.

    | Reference: 15758i
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    The building of a ziggurat, perhaps the Tower of Babel; bricks are burned and chiselled. Etching.

    | Reference: 15769i
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    Six men construct a section of the Tower of Babel. Etching by Cowley after S. Wale.

    Wale, Samuel, -1786. | Reference: 15762i
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