Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Historien Bibel
Germany, between 1375 and 1400
MS M.268 fol. 22v

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Upper half: Alexander the Great: dividing Kingdom (?) -- At left, group of five men (two with only heads visible), four wearing hats, including the foremost man gesturing before Alexander the Great, crowned, with right hand raised and with left hand holding scepter. Alexander the Great: Scene, talking Tree -- In center, head of Christ, cross-nimbed, appearing in tree above Alexander the Great, crowned, with hands raised in landscape. Hezekiah: warned by Isaiah -- At right, Isaiah, weating soft hat, with right hand raised and with left hand extended over Hezekiah, eyes closed, with right hand on breast and with left hand propping up his head in landscape with trees. From chapter 38 of Isaiah. Lower half: Hezekiah: Life lengthened -- At left, Isaiah, wearing soft hat, with right forefinger raised toward Hezekiah, seated against pillows on bed beneath architectural canopy, with both arms raised. From chapter 38 of Isaiah. Solomon: visited by Queen of Sheba -- At right, accompanied by two men (one with only head visible), Solomon, crowned, with left hand holding scepter and with right hand raised toward Queen of Sheba, crowned, with right hand raised and with left hand lowered to indicate plank of wood over stream of water. She is accompanied by two female attendants, one wearing headdress. From chapter 9 of II Chronicles.