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This book roll exists only as incomplete segments. They contain the Greek text of the Book of Joshua and illustrations relating to it. They show the triumphant conquest of the Promised Land by the Old Testament hero, the very epitome of a leader and the saviour of his people. The Joshua Roll is the only surviving example of a rotulus (book roll) illuminated throughout, across its entire breadth, with a continuous pictorial frieze.
The segment shown here (Segment XII) depicts the personification of the city of Gibeon, a woman with a crown of city walls. She is enthroned and seated at an angle to us, and to the left (her right) we see the men of Gibeon prostrated before Joshua, urging that he save them and assist them against their enemies.
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