Iconography
RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Old Testament / 2 Machabees (A.V. Maccabees) / Martyrdom of Eleazar (2 Mach. 6:18-31) / Eleazar - single figure
Saints / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints of the Legenda Aurea / Manuscripts / French translation of Jean de Vignay / Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 9228 (Follower of the Bedford Master, c1420) / fol. 100-
Saints / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints of the Legenda Aurea / cap. 109: De sanctis Macchabaeis (August 1)
SOCIAL LIFE
Further details
It is unclear who this saintly author could be - the (unknown) author of 2 Mach., or perhaps the scribe Eleazar mentioned just before the martyrdom of the Seven Brothers.
Artist or creator
Bedford Master (follower)
Date
1420 (circa)
Location
Book, text or document (source of image)
Folio: 182ra.
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