ID: 901000408 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000408	Record Type: Religion/Mythology/Legend

	Blindness of Tobit (Old Testament narrative)

Note: From an apocryphal book of the Hebrew Bible, events or scenes surrounding Tobit when he is old, impoverished, and blind.

Names:

	Blindness of Tobit (Old Testament narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Tobit's Blindness (Old Testament narrative) (English,U,P)
	Tobia cieco (Old Testament narrative) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament narratives> (P)
		............Legend of Tobit (Old Testament narratives) (I)
		................Blindness of Tobit (Old Testament narrative) (P)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Tobit
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Tobit (Old Testament character)) [901000127]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
	.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... blindness
	.....(sight (sense), senses, biological concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Blindness of Tobit (Old Testament narrative)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	Tobit's Blindness (Old Testament narrative)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 71T3 Tobit's blindness
	Tobia cieco (Old Testament narrative)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/359805