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Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Bible moralisée / Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cpv 1179 / Regum IV
Old Testament / 4 Kings (A.V. II Kings) / Elias and Ochozias (4 Kings 1) / Ochozias twice summons Elias who sends fire from heaven to kill the messengers (4 Kings 1:9-12)
Old Testament / 4 Kings (A.V. II Kings) / Elias and Ochozias (4 Kings 1) / Elias follows a third summons (4 Kings 1:13-15)
Further details
1. Elias sends fire from heaven on the King's messengers; 2. Elias comes with the third group of messengers; 3. Elias tells the Ochozias that he will die; 4. Elias is taken to heaven, Eliseus takes his mantle
Artist or creator
Date
1220 - 1226
Location
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. 1179
Book, text or document (source of image)
unknown author. Bible moralisée. Folio: 126r.
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 4, Paris 1913, plate 682
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