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==References == | <p> <strong> [[Glass,]] [[Looking-Glass,]] [[Mirror]] </strong> . This indispensable article of a lady’s toilet is first met with in Exodus 38:8 , where the ‘laver of brass’ and its base are said to have been made of the ‘mirrors [[(Av]] [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘looking-glasses’) of the serving women which served at the door of the tent of meeting’ [[(Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] ). This passage shows that the mirrors of the Hebrews, like those of the other peoples of antiquity, were made of polished bronze, as is implied in the comparison, Job 37:18 , of the sky to a ‘molten mirror’ [[(Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] and [[Av]] [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘looking-glass’). [[A]] different [[Hebrew]] word is rendered ‘hand mirror’ by [[Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] in the list of toilet articles, Isaiah 3:23 . The fact that this word denotes a writing ‘tablet’ in Isaiah 8:1 [[(Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] ) perhaps indicates that in the former passage we have an oblong mirror in a wooden frame. The usual shape, however, of the [[Egyptian]] (see Wilkinson, <em> Anc. Egyp. </em> ii. 350 f. with illust.), as of the Greek, hand-mirrors was round or slightly oval. As a rule they were furnished with a tang, which fitted into a handle of wood or metal, often delicately carved. Two specimens of circular mirrors of bronze, one 5 inches, the other 4 1 / 2, in diameter, have recently been discovered in [[Philistine]] (?) graves at [[Gezer]] ( <em> PEFSt </em> <em> [Note: Quarterly Statement of the same.] </em> , 1905, 321; 1907, 199 with illusts.). </p> <p> In the [[Apocrypha]] there is a reference, Sir 12:11 , to the rust that gathered on these metal mirrors, and in Wis 7:26 the [[Divine]] wisdom is described as ‘the unspotted mirror of the power of God,’ the only occurrence in [[Av]] [Note: Authorized Version.] of ‘mirror,’ which [[Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] substitutes for ‘glass’ throughout. The [[Nt]] references, finally, are those by Paul ( 1 Corinthians 13:12 , 2 Corinthians 3:18 ) and by James ( James 1:23 ). For the ‘sea of glass’ [[(Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] ‘glassy sea’) of Revelation 4:6; Revelation 15:2 see art. Sea of Glass. </p> <p> [[A.]] [[R.]] [[S.]] Kennedy. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:57, 12 October 2021
Looking-Glass Glass Mirror [1]
Glass, Looking-Glass, Mirror . This indispensable article of a lady’s toilet is first met with in Exodus 38:8 , where the ‘laver of brass’ and its base are said to have been made of the ‘mirrors (Av [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘looking-glasses’) of the serving women which served at the door of the tent of meeting’ (Rv [Note: Revised Version.] ). This passage shows that the mirrors of the Hebrews, like those of the other peoples of antiquity, were made of polished bronze, as is implied in the comparison, Job 37:18 , of the sky to a ‘molten mirror’ (Rv [Note: Revised Version.] and Av [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘looking-glass’). A different Hebrew word is rendered ‘hand mirror’ by Rv [Note: Revised Version.] in the list of toilet articles, Isaiah 3:23 . The fact that this word denotes a writing ‘tablet’ in Isaiah 8:1 (Rv [Note: Revised Version.] ) perhaps indicates that in the former passage we have an oblong mirror in a wooden frame. The usual shape, however, of the Egyptian (see Wilkinson, Anc. Egyp. ii. 350 f. with illust.), as of the Greek, hand-mirrors was round or slightly oval. As a rule they were furnished with a tang, which fitted into a handle of wood or metal, often delicately carved. Two specimens of circular mirrors of bronze, one 5 inches, the other 4 1 / 2, in diameter, have recently been discovered in Philistine (?) graves at Gezer ( PEFSt [Note: Quarterly Statement of the same.] , 1905, 321; 1907, 199 with illusts.).
In the Apocrypha there is a reference, Sir 12:11 , to the rust that gathered on these metal mirrors, and in Wis 7:26 the Divine wisdom is described as ‘the unspotted mirror of the power of God,’ the only occurrence in Av [Note: Authorized Version.] of ‘mirror,’ which Rv [Note: Revised Version.] substitutes for ‘glass’ throughout. The Nt references, finally, are those by Paul ( 1 Corinthians 13:12 , 2 Corinthians 3:18 ) and by James ( James 1:23 ). For the ‘sea of glass’ (Rv [Note: Revised Version.] ‘glassy sea’) of Revelation 4:6; Revelation 15:2 see art. Sea of Glass.
