Biblia Sacra - Illustration

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Title	Heliodorus in the temple, attacked by a man (or angel) on horseback and two other men (or angels) (2 Maccabees 3:7-35), after their charge against Menelaus, the ambassadors of the High Court are sentenced to death by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (2 Maccabees 4:43-50), the martyrdom of the seven Maccabean brothers and their mother under Antiochus IV Epiphanes (2 Maccabees 7), riders are seen in the sky above the city of Jerusalem (2 Maccabees 5:2)
Type	Illustration
Sizes	99x222
Material	Copper engraving
Colour	Black
Artist	Borcht, Pieter van der
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra	1702
Iconclass	71Z31,71Z33,71Z36,71Z34
Iconclass description	Heliodorus in the temple, attacked by a man (or angel) on horseback and two other men (or angels) (2 Maccabees 3:7-35), after their charge against Menelaus, the ambassadors of the High Court are sentenced to death by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (2 Maccabees 4:43-50), the martyrdom of the seven Maccabean brothers and their mother under Antiochus IV Epiphanes (2 Maccabees 7), riders are seen in the sky above the city of Jerusalem (2 Maccabees 5:2)
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