[ENLUMINATION] Moses depicted full-length, with the "stones of the Jordan" on his tunic. From an unidentified work. France, circa 1600? Dimensions: 200 x 150 mm Inscription on the front (17th century handwriting): "Moyse sur la tunicque les pierres du Jourdain enlevées par le peuple d'Israel sont marquées". On the reverse, the inscription reads: "Moses the stones of the Jordan which were removed by the people of Israel are marked on his tunic". Moses is commonly depicted holding the tablets of the law. In addition to the inscription, the prophet is identified here by his horns: St. Jerome's Vulgate describes him as cornatus, "horned". In the present leaf, an unusual iconography shows split stones (a priori represented as broken tablets) on Moses' tunic. We count 20. Could this be a multiple of 10 (for the 10 commandments, each tablet representing a commandment, a reminder of the decalogue?) Despite the legend of the "twelve stones of the Jordan", there are no 12 stones on Moses' tunic, or even a multiple of 12 (24). This iconography is taken from Joshua 4:1-24. When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua: "Take twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe. Give them this order: Take from here, from the middle of the Jordan, where the priests have stopped, twelve stones which you will take with you and place in the place where you will spend the night". Joshua drew twelve stones from the Jordan and set them up in Gilgal, in a circle around the altar of God and the Ark of the Covenant, to celebrate the "First Passover" in the Promised Land. The twelve stones of the Jordan refer to the twelve steles Moses set up on Mount Sinai when he instituted the covenant between the Word of God and the children of Israel, symbolizing the 12 tribes. It's likely that this painted figure is reminiscent of a pious or peddling engraving or image, of which there were many in the 16th and 17th centuries.