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Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Bible moralisée / Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cpv 2554 / 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 in the tree; 2. Absalom's body is thrown into the pit and covered with stones (scenes 2 and 3 exchanged); 3. Absalom is pierced with three lances; 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

1220 - 1230

Location

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. 2554

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Bible moralisée. Folio: 47v.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 4, Paris 1913, plate 755

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