EditorialSalome Asking Herod for the Head of Saint John the Baptist. Date/Period: 1455/60. Painting. Tempera on panel Tempera on panel. Height: 691 mm (27.20 in); Width: 360 mm (14.17 in).
EditorialIlluminated figures showing 12th century costume from a gospel in Aschaffenburg castle library: King Herod and wife Herodias at table with Salome dancing before them A; princes and princesses on thrones B,C. Miniatures from a parchment in Munich librar...
EditorialFour miniatures: 1. the Flight into Egypt; 2. Angel warning the Holy Family and Herod? sleeping; 3. the miracle of the palm tree; 4 the lions worshipping Jesus. Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio). England, S. E. (London); c. 1360-c. 1375. Source: Royal...
EditorialUpper roundel, the journey of the Magi; all wear coloured crowns and one wears gauntlet-gloves. Lower roundel, the three Magi before Herod who sits questioning them. At the sides; the creation of the birds and beasts, and the creation of Adam. In the c...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of the Cornfield Miracle, with Herod questioning the peasant reaping the fully-grown corn, with a caption reading, 'Cy erodes demande au messeour nouels de .iii roys a il oit quil su[n]t en lur t[er]es'. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('...
EditorialFrom Herod to Pilate. Date/Period: Ca. 1760. Drawing. Pen and ink wash, and graphite stick on paper. Height: 307 mm (12.08 in); Width: 165 mm (6.49 in).
EditorialSalome Asking Herod for the Head of Saint John the Baptist. Date/Period: 1455/60. Painting. Tempera on panel Tempera on panel. Height: 691 mm (27.20 in); Width: 360 mm (14.17 in).
EditorialSalome's dance; the death of John the Baptist; his head is brought before Herod and Salome on a platter. Bible (the 'Holkham Bible Picture Book'). c. 1327-1335. Source: Add. 47682, f.21v. Language: English and Anglo Norman.
EditorialAbove, Salome dances before the feasting Herod, whilst John the Baptist is beheaded. Below, the feeding of the five thousand. Psalter and Hours. England [Oxford]; circa 1200-1210. Source: Arundel 157, f.7. Language: Latin.
EditorialFortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled 103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great. St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this fortress. The hill seen from afar.
EditorialTitle page with images of The Feast of Herod (top), Herodias with the head of St. John the Baptist (left), the Executioner (right), and Salome's Dance (bottom), still image, Prints, 1531, Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553.
EditorialThe Beheading of John the Baptist, Israhel van Meckenem, German, ca. 1440 - 1503, Engraving on white paper, Two scenes; left: the jailer handing the head of John the Baptist to Herodias to put on the platter. Right: Herodias brings the head on the plat...
EditorialRecto, right: Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Recto, left: Salome given the head of St. John the Baptist by the executioner, design for pl.10 in the Life of St. John the Baptist Verso: The Body of Alfonso Piccolomini (1551 - 1591), Sienese Outlaw Hu...
EditorialGiovanni Del Guasto: The Expulsion of Herod, detail of the floor in the Cathedral of Siena, albumin paper, black and white positive process, image size: height: 24,50 cm; width: 37,50 cm, SIENA - Cattedrale. La Cacciata del Re Erode, dettaglio del Pavi...
Editorialstove plate, Anonymous, first quarter 17th century, cast, General: 68.5 x 46.5 x 1.5cm 685 x 465 x 15mm, biblical representation, woman, man, lead, Iron stove plate with the biblical representation of Salome and John the Baptist Matt. 14 vs. 6 ff. And ...
Editorialstove plate, Anonymous, first quarter 17th century, cast, General: 68.5 x 46.5 x 1.5cm 685 x 465 x 15mm, biblical representation, woman, man, lead, Iron stove plate with the biblical representation of Salome and John the Baptist Matt. 14 vs. 6 ff. And ...