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Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Bible moralisée / Oxford-Paris-London copy / Job (Part 1 - Oxford)
Old Testament / Job / Job's reply to Baldad (Job 9-10) / Job reminds God that He had formed him as if out of clay, or milk (Job 10:8-11)
Old Testament / Job / Job's reply to Sophar (Job 12-14) / Job stresses God can bring kings and counsellors to nought (Job 12:17-18)
Old Testament / Job / Job's reply to Sophar (Job 12-14) / Job compares human life to a short-lived flower (Job 14:1-2)
Old Testament / Job / Job's reply to Sophar (Job 12-14) / Job contrasts man with a tree that can grow again after being cut (Job 14:7-10)

Further details

1. Job reminds God that He had formed him as if out of clay, or as if cheese out of milk; 2. Job acknowledges that God can bring princes and counsellors to nought (the text speaks of loosening belts); 3. Job compares human life to a flower; 4. Job contrasts man with a tree that can grow again

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: 215v.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 2, Paris 1912, plate 215

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