Samson and the Foxes. Miniature from a 13th century Octateuch, illustrating Judges 15:4-5: “S
Samson and the Foxes. Miniature from a 13th century Octateuch, illustrating Judges 15:4-5: “So [Samson] went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails, lit the torches, and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.” (NIV) Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece, MS 602 fol. 440r. -- source link
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