" Ripoll (or Farfa) Bible, Catalonia, Spain, ca. 1027-1032" Topic

Ripoll Bible (Farfa Bible), Catalonia, Spain, ca. 1027-1032
This contains some of the earliest depictions of kite and almond shields in the West.
Ripoll Bible Folio 1r 5th register, Joshua defeats the Amalakites at Rephidim
Ripoll Bible Folio 6v 2nd register, Pharaoh and guards
Ripoll Bible Folio 82r register 2, Pharaoh's army crossing the Sea of Reeds
Ripoll Bible Folio 94v registers 2 & 3: massacre of Amalakites by David
Ripoll Bible Folio 227r 2nd register, Nebuchadnezzar's Army besieges Jerusalem
Ripoll Bible Folio 227r 3rd register, Nebuchadnezzar's Army besieges Jerusalem
Ripoll Bible Folio 227v 4th register, after the siege of Jerusalem
Ripoll Bible Folio 327r 2nd register, a battle
Ripoll Bible Folio 327r 4th register, Holofernes' army invades Judea
Ripoll Bible Folio 342r: 1 Maccabees
Ripoll Bible Folio 352r 2nd register, King Antiochus tortures Jews (2 Maccabees 7:1-41)
Ripoll Bible Folio 352r 4th register, Battle against Nicanor

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Ripoll Bible (Farfa Bible), Catalonia, Spain, ca. 1027-1032

Druzhina
11th century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

Amazing stuff; thank you. It's always interesting to me to see how the Bible is interpreted in art.

Terrific. Doth mine eyes deceive me, or do some warriors wear the "Phrygian" helm that is usually shown a hundred years later? By Phrygian, I mean the conical helmets that dip forward at the apex.

I suppose that some would explain this by saying that the artist had misinterpreted Classical art, but it seems possible that these helmets appeared in Spain first, and then took another century to spread through the rest of Europe.

The forward dipping helmet on f.352r seems to have a segment at the front rather than being a deformed cone.

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers