Samuel beheading Agag from BL Add 11639, f. 526
Summary
Full-page miniature of Samuel beheading Agag (1Sam. 15:33). Image taken from f. 526 of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc. Written in Hebrew.
Tags
samuel
agag
medieval miniatures
prayer book
haggadah
medieval manuscript
illustrated books
five scrolls
hebrew manuscripts
passover seder
british library
Date
1300 - 1500
Source
British Library
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain