Commentary on the Apocalypse and commentary on the Book of Daniel
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910
Nebuchadnezzar: Daniel interpreting (Daniel 2:25-30, 36-45) -- Nebuchadnezzar crowned, roll in left hand, seated on cushioned throne before Daniel and two companions, all nimbed; background inscribed UBI DANIEL ET NABUCODONOSOR INTERROGET SUPERNUM SUUM.
Nebuchadnezzar: Dream I (Daniel 2:1, 31-35) -- Crowned image in fragments; Nebuchadnezzar, pearled nimbus, asleep on mattress in building; stone at feet of crowned image; mountain.
Text from Jerome, In Danielem, I, 8.
In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign he had a terrifying dream, but it fled from him. But Daniel was able to tell the king that he saw a great and tall statue: the head was of the finest gold, but the breast and arms were of silver, the belly and thighs were of brass, the shins were of iron, and parts of the feet were of iron and others were clay. And that he saw a stone, broken off without hands from a mountain, shatter the statue; and the stone became a great mountain and filled the earth. Daniel then told him he was the head of gold, but that after him an inferior kingdom, of silver, would rise up, and then, one of brass, that would rule the world. And the fourth kingdom will be like iron. Just as iron shatters and conquers all things, so will it shatter and crush all these. (Dan. 1:40)
At the top Daniel addresses the king; below, Nebuchadnezzar dreams of the golden statue and its destruction by a stone that becomes a great mountain.