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RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Old Testament / Proverbs / Praise of the valiant woman (Prov. 31:10-31) / Prov. 31:11: Confidit in ea cor viri sui, et spoliis non indigebit (The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils)
Old Testament / Proverbs / Praise of the valiant woman (Prov. 31:10-31) / Prov. 31:12: Reddet ei bonum, et non malum, omnibus diebus vitae suae (She will render him good, and not evil, all the days of her life)
Old Testament / Proverbs / Praise of the valiant woman (Prov. 31:10-31) / Prov. 31:13: Quaesivit lanam et linum, et operata est consilio manuum suarum (She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands)
Old Testament / Proverbs / Praise of the valiant woman (Prov. 31:10-31) / Prov. 31:14: Facta et quasi navis institoris, de longe portans panem suum (She is like the merchant' s ship, she bringeth her bread from afar)
Catechism (Creed, Pater noster, Sacraments, Works of Mercy etc) / Works of Mercy / Corporal / Individual / Clothing the naked
SOCIAL LIFE
Further details
1. Confidit in ea cor viri sui (with Christ and the Church as moralisation); 2. Reddet ei bonum; 3. Quaesivit lanam (the image shows the heckling of flax and spinning, the moralisation clothing the naked); 4. Facta est quasi navis
Artist or creator
Date
1233 (circa)
Location
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 11560
Book, text or document (source of image)
unknown author. Bible moralisée. Folio: 57v.
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 2, Paris 1912, plate 281
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