Tobit Buries a Body and Tobias Catches a Fish

Book Title: Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis Sixti V. pontificis max. jussu recognita, et Clementis VIII. auctoriate edita, versiculis distincta, et ad singula capita argumentis aucta, pluribusque imaginibus, ad historiarum notitiam politissimè elaboratia, ornata; indiceque Epistolarum, & Evangeliorum locupleta

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Image Title: Tobit Buries a Body and Tobias Catches a Fish

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Description: On the left, Tobit buries a dead body at night. On the right, a fish jumps out of the Tigris and Tobias catches it. His companion Azarias, who is really the angel Raphael, instructs Tobias to save the heart, liver, and gall of the fish, and to cook the rest for dinner. Tobias' dog stands nearby.

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