p4274

TITLE OF WORK: Salome dancing

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color

DATE: 1100

DATE DETAILS: approx.

COMMENTS: Probably from the manuscipt 623 of the Laurentian Library. At left Salome dancing, at right Herod and Herodias. Herod offers on a plate the head of Saint John.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Byzantium, Greece

KEYWORDS: Salome, religion, Bible