Book of the Law

Book Title: Biblia sacra vtriusque Testamenti : iuxta veterem translationem / qua hucusque Latina vtitur Ecclesia, ex antiquissimis ac recentioribus exemplaribus diligentissime collatis, & sicubi dissentiebant consultis fontibus, hoc est, hebraeis & graecis, voluminibus adhibitis, fidelissime restituta

Author: Peypus, Friedrich, 1485-1534, printer

Image Title: Book of the Law

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Description: As Josiah sits on his throne with his attendants gathered around, a priest reads from a book of the law to them. To the left one sees a fire consuming human figures, perhaps a reference to the practice of offering children to Molech.

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