Queen Vashti and Rape of the Sabines (image 14)
- Original object type: Artefact
- Title: Queen Vashti and Rape of the Sabines (image 14)
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Description:
The roundel on the left shows the downfall of Queen Vashti, the wife of King Ahasuerus of Persia (28). The soldiers, one holding a sword, usher her into a tower. The roundel on the right shows the rape of the Sabine women (27).
Context: History of the world: Biblical history; European history
- Date range: [ca. 1461-1483]
- Date: 1472
- Collection: Medieval Manuscripts
- Physical Identifier: BC MS 100/14
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/11057
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