medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Samson is not a frequent subject in medieval iconography, as best i can
> recall, but there is, i *think*, a quite wonderful enamelled plaque devoted to
> his suicide on Nicholas of Verdun's magnificent Klosterneuberg altarpiece (c.
> 1181?).
Several showing Samson, but not the suicide, see the texts:
http://www.ukans.edu/~hisite/texts/verdun.txt
> sorry, i don't seem to be able to find an image of it on the web
Possibly because the name is Klosterneuburg (not -berg). The monastery´s website
advertises only two panels, one of them with Samson:
http://www.stift-klosterneuburg.at/
Best, h.w.
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