Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Isles of the Blest
Four long registers combine figures, cultivation, animals, boats and bands of hieroglyphs, separated by wavy boundaries. Tirard’s printed caption names the Isles of the Blest and identifies the papyrus source with the Leyden Museum. The scene gives the afterlife an inhabited and cultivated setting rather than a group of unrelated decorative panels.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Isles of the Blest" [editorial title]. In The Book of the Dead, H. M. Tirard. 1910 edition. The curated reading copy omits Édouard Naville’s separately signed introduction; Tirard’s own preface, main text, illustrations and original index are retained., 1910, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Source scan leaf 81. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0039-0071
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Illustrator not identified. The Isles of the Blest. The Book of the Dead. Scan leaf 81. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0039-0071