The Syriac Bible of Paris, BnF MS. Syriaque 341
Syria or Turkey, 7th Century

fol. 8, moïse et aaron devant pharaon fol. 52v, josué arrêtant les astres fol. 181v, aggée fol. 186, daniel
8r, Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh

52v, Joshua stopping the sun and the moon

181v, The prophet Haggai

186r, The prophet Daniel
[in Sasanid Persian costume?]
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cote Syriaque 341



Joshua is referenced as figure 46 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
46. Manuscript, Joshua, 6th-7th centuries AD, Syriac Mesopotamian, Bib. Nat. Ms. Syr.341, f.52v, Paris



See also:
The Rabbula Gospels Evangelia characteribus Syriacis exarata Northern Syria, 586AD
6th-7th century Romans in the Ashburnham Pentateuch
Byzantine plates of the reign of Herakleios with biblical characters in Roman costume & armour, early 7th century
Syrian or Byzantine Horse Archer, 6th-8th century, on a textile
Fresco from Hagios Demetrios, Thessalonika, 7-8th century
Ancient Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
Other Byzantine Costume & Soldiers
Index of Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers



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