Women in the Book of Judges I

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Morgan Bible (M.638, fol. 012va): Sisera given Milk by Jael ; Sisera killed by Jael
Three stages in Jael and Sisera’s story:
To the left, Sisera, crowned and armed with a sword, drinks milk from a bowl received by Jael.
At the center: Sisera lies covered in a bed beneath a curtain. Jael, who stands above him, places a tent peg on his head and raises a hammer in her right hand.
To the right: Jael, with hammer in her left hand, looks toward Barak and three armed soldiers and shows them Sisera’s body .

Source: Judges 4
Color illustration
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Date : 1245 - 1255
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