Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 16r

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Israelite: taken in exile to Assyria --Man, raising club with right hand, extends left hand to foremost of several men, only three fully visible.
Figures against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating to Israelites during the reign of Sennacherib, King of Assyria.