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Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Bible moralisée / Oxford-Paris-London copy / Regum III
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / Elias and the dearth in Israel (3 Kings 17-18) / Elias living at the torrent Carith, fed by ravens (3 Kings 17:5-6)
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / Elias and the dearth in Israel (3 Kings 17-18) / Elias meets the widow of Sarephta (Sarepath) who carries two pieces of wood (3 Kings 17:10-14)
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / Elias and the dearth in Israel (3 Kings 17-18) / The widow's supplies do not run out (3 Kings 17:15-16) / The bread does not run out
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / Elias and the dearth in Israel (3 Kings 17-18) / The widow's son dies (3 Kings 17:17-18)
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / Elias and the dearth in Israel (3 Kings 17-18) / Elias resurrects the widow's son (3 Kings 17:19-24)

Further details

1. Elias in the desert, fed by ravens; 2. Elias meets the widow of Sarephta, whose supplies no longer run out; 3. The widows's son dies; 4. Elias resurrects him

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: 168r.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 1, Paris 1911, plate 168

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