Iconography

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Bible moralisée / Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cpv 1179 / Regum IV
Old Testament / 4 Kings (A.V. II Kings) / Assumption of Elias and first miracles of Eliseus (4 Kings 2) / The children who had mocked Eliseus are killed by bears (4 Kings 2:24)
Old Testament / 4 Kings (A.V. II Kings) / Miracles of Eliseus (4 Kings 4-6:7) / Multiplication of oil (4 Kings 4:1-7) / The woman tells Eliseus that her creditors are taking away her sons (4 Kings 4:1)
Old Testament / 4 Kings (A.V. II Kings) / Miracles of Eliseus (4 Kings 4-6:7) / Multiplication of oil (4 Kings 4:1-7) / The woman pours oil, which does not run out, into many vessels (4 Kings 4:4-5)
Old Testament / 4 Kings (A.V. II Kings) / Miracles of Eliseus (4 Kings 4-6:7) / The son of the Sunamite (4 Kings 4:8- 37) / Eliseus is invited to stay with the Sunamite woman (4 Kings 4:8-10)

Further details

1. Two bears kill the boys; 2. The woman complaints that the creditors are taking her children away because she cannot pay her debt; 3. She pours oil, which does not run out, into many vessels; 4. The Sunamite woman invites Eliseus to stay and prepares a room for him

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: 128r.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 4, Paris 1913, plate 683

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