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Old Testament / 4 Kings (A.V. II Kings) / The destruction of Jerusalem (4 Kings 25) / Nabuchodonosor conquers Jerusalem (4 Kings 25:1-4)
Old Testament / 4 Kings (A.V. II Kings) / The destruction of Jerusalem (4 Kings 25) / Nabuchodonosor has Sedecias's sons killed and his eyes put out (4 Kings 25:7)
Old Testament / Lamentations / Jeremias weeps over Jerusalem (no allusion to individual verses)
Old Testament / Daniel / Cycles / Jerome's Commentary in Beatus Manuscripts / Manchester, Rylands Library, Latin MS 8 (probably Burgos region, c.1180-1190)
Old Testament / Daniel / The captivity of the Israelites (Dan. 1:1-2) / Nabuchodonosor conquers Jerusalem (Dan. 1:1) / Images in the context of the Book of Daniel (for others see 4 Kings)

Further details

The Book of Daniel begins with the siege of Jerusalem in the time of King Joachin (4 Kings 24:11-16) - however, the Beatus illustrations shows narrative details related to the siege and destruction of Jerusalem unter King Sedecias, as described in 4 Kings 25 (Klein)

Artist or creator

Castile Probably Burgos region

Date

1180 (circa) - 1190

Location

Manchester, John Rylands Library, Latin MS 8

Book, text or document (source of image)

Folio: 206v-207r.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Peter K. Klein, Beato de Liébana. La illustración de los manuscritos de Beato y el códice de Manchester, Valencia 2002, p. 298f.

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