Illustration: 71F3561x71F354x71F343x1

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Title Samson drinks from the ass's jaw-bone after having slain a thousand Philistines, with an ass's jaw-bone Samson slays a thousand Philistines, Samson ties three hundred foxes two by two by their tails with a fire-brand in between; with the torches on fire he lets them go into the cornfields of the Philistines which are set aflame
Type Illustration
Sizes 78x119
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1566
Iconclass 71F3561,71F354,71F343
Iconclass description Samson drinks from the ass's jaw-bone after having slain a thousand Philistines, with an ass's jaw-bone Samson slays a thousand Philistines, Samson ties three hundred foxes two by two by their tails with a fire-brand in between; with the torches on fire he lets them go into the cornfields of the Philistines which are set aflame
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XC.05069 (Judges) 1 Z2v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XC.05069 (Judges) vol.1 p.Z2v
Show edition: 1566.B.dut.AB1heirs.a

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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XC.05242 (Judges) vol.1 p.Z2v
Show edition: 1565.B.dut.AB1heirs.a

References

Literature references

Rosier, Bart Alexander 1992 De Nederlandse bijbelillustratie in de zestiende eeuw: de illustraties in de bijbels gedrukt in de Nederlanden en in de Nederlandstalige bijbels gedrukt in het buitenland van 1522 tot 1599. 2 vol. Amsterdam.

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