Bronze Sea and Movable Stand

Book Title: Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria nunc recens castigata, Romae*que reuisa : in quibus Praeterea, qvae subsequens praefatio indicat, capita singula ita versibus distincts sunt : Vt numeri Praefixi Lectorum non remorentur, & loca quaesita tanquam digito demonstrent, additus, ubi res postulauit, elegantissimis figuris

Author: Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20.

Image Title: Bronze Sea and Movable Stand

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Description: The bronze sea made by Solomon for the temple, including the twelve cast oxen supporting the sea, with three each facing north, south, east, and west (top) and one of the ten bronze stands that King Solomon had made for use at the Temple. Illustration by Pierre Eskrich (ca. 1550-ca. 1590).

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