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Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Bible moralisée / Toledo-New York copy / Regum II
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Absalom (2 Kings 15-19) / Achitophel hangs himself (2 Kings 17:23)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Absalom (2 Kings 15-19) / Absalom hanging from the oak (2 Kings 18:9, cf. title of Psalm 96)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Absalom (2 Kings 15-19) / Joab pierces Absalom with three lances (2 Kings 18:14)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Absalom (2 Kings 15-19) / Absalom's body cast into a pit and covered with stones (2 Kings 18:17)

Further details

1. Absalom hangs from the tree; 2. Joab pierces Absalom with three lances; 3. Absalom's body is thrown into a pit anc covered with stones; 4. Achitophel hangs himself (according to the text because of Absalom's death, but in the Bible before A.s defeat)

Artist or creator

Paris

Date

1233 (circa)

Location

Toledo, Tesoro de la Catedral

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Bible moralisée (Biblia de San Luis), vol. 1. Folio: 126r.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 4, Paris 1913, plate 628

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