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Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Bible moralisée / Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cpv 1179 / 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) / 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)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Absalom (2 Kings 15-19) / David speaks to the people at the gate (2 Kings 19:8)

Further details

1. Absalom is pierced with three spears by Joab; 2. His body is thrown in a pit and covered with stones' 3. Achitophel hangs himself (cf. Oxford copy); 4. David speaks to the people at the gate (according to the caption he is comforted by them - a non-biblical addition)

Artist or creator

Paris

Date

1220 - 1226

Location

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. 1179

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Bible moralisée. Folio: 109v.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 4, Paris 1913, plate 681

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