Biblia Sacra - Illustration

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Title	Mattathias kills a Jew, who wanted to offer sacrifices to pagan gods, and pulls down the altar in Modin (1 Maccabees 2:23-26), Mattathias on his deathbed instructing his sons (1 Maccabees 2:49-70), battle of the Maccabees against Antiochus V Eupator (1 Maccabees 6:28-47), Eleazar, brother of Judas Maccabeus, kills an elephant of war and is killed himself when the elephant falls on him, death of Nicanor, captain of the Syrian army (1 Maccabees 7:39-47)
Type	Illustration
Sizes	97x222
Material	Copper engraving
Colour	Black
Artist	Borcht, Pieter van der
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra	1702
Iconclass	71Z12,71Z14,71Z17,71Z171,71Z19
Iconclass description	Mattathias kills a Jew, who wanted to offer sacrifices to pagan gods, and pulls down the altar in Modin (1 Maccabees 2:23-26), Mattathias on his deathbed instructing his sons (1 Maccabees 2:49-70), battle of the Maccabees against Antiochus V Eupator (1 Maccabees 6:28-47), Eleazar, brother of Judas Maccabeus, kills an elephant of war and is killed himself when the elephant falls on him, death of Nicanor, captain of the Syrian army (1 Maccabees 7:39-47)
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