The Gathering of Manna shirt
[Lomi-1]

Aurelio Lomi (1556–1622) was active in Pisa, Florence, and Genoa. This monochromatic sketch of the Old Testament scene of the Gathering of Manna, with prophets reclining over the curves of a lunette, may have been done in preparation for a mural painting, perhaps in the cathedral in Pisa where Lomi worked in the first decade of the seventeenth century.

Manna was an edible substance which God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert during the forty-year period following the Exodus and prior to the conquest of Canaan.

Exodus says each day one omer of manna was gathered per family member (about 3.64 litres), and may imply this was regardless of how much effort was put into gathering it; it has been said that although some were diligent enough to go into the fields to gather manna, others just lay down lazily and caught it with their outstretched hands. This factor was used to solve disputes about the ownership of slaves, since the number of omers of manna each household could gather would indicate how many people were legitimately part of the household; the omers of manna for stolen slaves could be gathered only by legitimate owners, and therefore legitimate owners would have spare omers of manna.