Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Weltchronik
Germany, Regensburg, ca. 1360
MS M.769 fol. 151r

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Samson: rending Columns of Temple -- Samson, seated on ground, extends arms to two breaking columns flanking him. Temple above is broken in two. Four faces, including two women wearing headdresses, visible in arches of the temple; two bodies fall from the temple; and two bodies recline on ground.