ID: 901002139 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002139	Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

	Blind Leading the Blind (Christian allegory)

Note: Biblical parable from Matthew 15:14 in which Christ refers to the Pharisees. The tale is more ancient, dating to 800/200 BCE, found in ancient Sanskrit texts found in the Upanishads, in the Vedas.

Names:

	Blind Leading the Blind (Christian allegory) (preferred,English-P,D)
	De parabel der blinden (Christian allegory) (Dutch-P)
	La parabola dei ciechi (Italian-P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............Blind Leading the Blind (Christian allegory) (I)

Other Relationships:

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

	topic is .... blind (people)
	.....(people with physical disabilities, people with disabilities, exceptional people, groups of people by state or condition, groups of people, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Blind Leading the Blind (Christian allegory)
	................New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)
	................Janson, History of Art (1971)
	De parabel der blinden (Christian allegory)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
	La parabola dei ciechi
	................Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte [online] (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Janson, History of Art (1971)