Iconography

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Bible moralisée / Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cpv 2554 / Regum III
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / The building of the Temple (3 Kings 5-8) / God fills the temple (3 Kings 8:10-11)
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / The Queen of Saba (A.V. Sheba) (3 Kings 10) / The Queen of Saba brings gifts to Solomon (3 Kings 10:10) / Solomon not on lions' throne, Queen not black
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / The Queen of Saba (A.V. Sheba) (3 Kings 10) / Solomon's throne (3 Kings 10:18-20) / Solomon on his throne, or the throne alone
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / Solomon's idolatry and downfall (3 Kings 11) / Solomon, corrupted by his foreign wives, worships idols (3 Kings 11:4-5)

Further details

1. God fills the temple; 2. Solomon's throne; 3. The Queen of Saba before Solomon (images 2 and 3 in the Bible in inversed order); 4. Solomon's idolatry

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: 50v.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 4, Paris 1913, plate 756

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