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Biblical cycles / Manuscripts / Bible moralisée / Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cpv 2554 / Regum IV
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)
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 prophecies that the Sunamite woman will give birth (4 Kings 4:16)
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) / Birth of the son of the Sunamite woman (4 Kings 4:17)
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) / Death of the son of the Sunamite woman (4 Kings 4:20)

Further details

1. The Sunamite woman invites Eliseus to stay and prepares a room for him; 2. She gives birth; 3. Eliseus prophecies that she will give birth (scenes 2 and 3 are in reversed order); 4. Her son dies

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: 58r.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Alexandre, comte de Laborde, La Bible Moralisée Illustrée, vol. 4, Paris 1913, plate 757

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