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Title: Feast of Herod, detail: Salome Receives the Head of John the Baptist
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Description: This image is the earliest extant representation of the beheading of John the Baptist. It conforms closely to the accompanying text from the Gospel of Matthew: "And his head was brought in a charger and was given to the damsel; and she brought it to her mother." To the left amid his feast guests a reclining Herod points to Salome, who receives the head of John the Baptist in the charger.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public Domain
Subject (See Also): Feasts and Feasting Herod (Biblical Figure) John the Baptist, Saint Salome (Biblical Figure)
Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean
Century: 6
Date: ca. 550-600
Related Work: Sinope Gospels (also known as the Codex Sinopensis). Additional folios can be viewed on the Bibliothèque nationale site. Search Supplément grec 1286 in the catalog Mandragore: http://mandragore.bnf.fr/jsp/rechercheExperte.jsp
Current Location: Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Ms. Supplement Grec 1286, 10v
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Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Manuscript Illuminations
Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Vellum (parchment); Paint; Purple dye; Silver; Gold;
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Height/Width/Length(cm): 30cm (whole folio)/25cm (whole folio)/
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