Siege of Jerusalem

Beatus of Liébana, Las Huelgas Apocalypse, Spain, 1220AD, Morgan MS M.429, folio 150r

This miniature illustrates a siege in which Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem and, on the plain of Jericho, the escaping King Sedecias of Judah. Jeremiah, seated outside the city, laments the fall of Jerusalem and defeat of the Israelites.

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