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title: Nyx and the Prophet Isaiah
author: Wikipedia User: Neuceu
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# Nyx and the Prophet Isaiah
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15507.png)
## Image Caption
Manuscript illumination depicting [Nyx](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nyx/) and the Prophet [Isaiah](https://www.worldhistory.org/Isaiah/) from the [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/) Psalter (*Parisianus graecus* 139, folio 435 verso), c. 940-960.
National Library of France, Paris.
The prophet Isaiah is flanked by Nyx (Night) and the Dawn. The latter is depicted as a boy carrying a flaming torch; Nyx is shown with a dark complexion, dark clothes and a starry mantle, and holding an inverted flaming torch. The manus Dei appears at the top. The scene illustrates the Book of Isaiah 26:9:
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