Iconography

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Bible moralisée / Oxford-Paris-London copy / Genesis
Old Testament / Genesis / The Tower of Babel / Building of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1-4)
Old Testament / Genesis / Abraham and Isaac / Abraham leaving his father's house (Gen. 12:4)
Old Testament / Genesis / Abraham and Isaac / Abraham in Egypt / Abraham asking Sarah to pretend to be his sister (Gen. 12:11-13)
Old Testament / Genesis / Abraham and Isaac / Abraham in Egypt / Sarah inducted into the house of Pharao (Gen. 12:15-16)

Further details

1. Building of the Tower of Babel, 2. Abraham leaving his father, 3. Abraham asking Sarah to pretend to be his sister, 4. Sarah inducted into Pharao's house

Artist or creator

Paris

Date

1233 (circa)

Location

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 270b

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Bible moralisée. Folio: 11v.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 1, Paris 1911, plate 11

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