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Rylands Beatus

Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana,
copy of c.1175
Folio 206v. Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem

Note the helmet with face-mask visor and the slinger.

Folio 206v: Lower half of page. The taking of Jerusalem, three tiers. Top row: seven soldiers with round shields, bows, spears, clubs, all turned to right, arrows aimed at them from right; middle row: four horsemen with spears facing right, some are struck by arrows; bottom row: in the centre, Nebuchadnezzar, throned, left Zedekiah bound seated onground - a man puts out his eyes, right a man beheads the two sons of Zedekiah.

Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
Classmark: Latin MS 8
Subject(s): Bible. Revelation; Bible--commentaries
Origin Place: Spain
Date of Creation: end of 12th or start of 13th century
Former Owner(s): Bachelin-Deflorenne, Antoine, b. 1835; Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899
Extent: ff. 254 (iii+249+ii) Leaf height: 454 mm, width: 326 mm.
University of Manchester Library, Latin MS 8