Print, book-illustration (BM 1927,0430.45)

Simon cutting off the hands of his enemies in revenge for the abduction of his wife; Simon as a military commander standing at right, looking on as a man's arm is placed on a cutting block and the executioner lifts his sword; Jerusalem in background; illustration to 'Flavii Josephii des Hochberühmten Jüdischen Geschichtsschreibers Historien und Bücher', Strasbourg: Rihel, 1578. 1574
Woodcut