This capital is divided into two scenes, one on the east and one on the west sides. These scenes wrap around the edges on the north and south sides.

On the east side Daniel was depicted as an icon, a seated orant figure flanked by lions. On the west side Habakkuk was shown lifted by an angel to deliver food to Daniel. This narrative was an apocryphal version of Daniel in the Lions' Den which conflated two popular tales that ridiculed idolatry.

Biblical source: Daniel in the Lions' Den: Daniel 6:1-28.

Daniel with Habakkuk: Apocrypha, Bel and the Dragon (verses 28-39). The Book of Habakkuk is part of the Old Testament, but does not appear to be connected to this episode.

East View: Daniel flanked by lions (in the den).	South View: Habakkuk brings the dinner to Daniel/ the lions looking fiercely at Daniel.
West View: The angel lifts Habakkuk by the crown of his head to take him to Babylon.	North View: Lion and angel wing

DETAILS
Detail of impost, east side: griffins and figures.	Detail, north view: view of the lion.

Related capitals:

Other Daniel capitals:
Capital 3: Babylonia Magna
Capital 5: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
Capital 53: 3 Hebrews in the fiery furnace
Capital 61: Daniel in the Lion's Den

Old Testament Capitals:
Capital 5: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
Capital 8: David and his musicians
Capital 19: Samson
Capital 22: Adam and Eve
Capital 53: 3 Hebrews in the fiery furnace
Capital 57: Abraham sacrifices Isaac
Capital 61: Daniel in the Lion's Den
Capital 67: Anointing of David
Capital 73: Cain and Abel
Capital 76: David and Goliath

Bel and the Dragon, 28-39

²⁸ When the Babylonians heard it, they were very indignant and conspired against the king, saying, "The king has become a Jew; he has destroyed Bel, and slain the dragon, and slaughtered the priests."
²⁹ Going to the king, they said, "Hand Daniel over to us, or else we will kill you and your household."
³⁰ The king saw that they were pressing him hard, and under compulsion he handed Daniel over to them.
³¹ They threw Daniel into the lions' den, and he was there for six days.
³² There were seven lions in the den, and every day they had been given two human bodies and two sheep; but these were not given to them now, so that they might devour Daniel.
³³ Now the prophet Habakkuk was in Judea. He had boiled pottage and had broken bread into a bowl, and was going into the field to take it to the reapers.
³⁴ But the angel of the Lord said to Habakkuk, "Take the dinner which you have to Babylon, to Daniel, in the lions' den."
³⁵ Habakkuk said, "Sir, I have never seen Babylon, and I know nothing about the den."
³⁶ Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown of his head, and lifted him by his hair and set him down in Babylon, right over the den, with the rushing sound of wind itself.
³⁷ Then Habakkuk shouted, "Daniel! Daniel! Take the dinner which God has sent you."
³⁸ And Daniel said, "Thou hast remembered me, O God, and hast not forsaken those who love thee."
³⁹ So Daniel arose and ate. And the angel of God immediately returned Habakkuk to his own place.

Daniel 6:1-28

¹ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, to be throughout the whole;
² and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.
³ Then this Daniel became distinguished above all other presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
⁴ Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom; but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.
⁵ Then these men said, "We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God."
⁶ Then these presidents and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him, "o King Darius, live for ever!
⁷ All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an interdict, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
⁸ Now, O king, establish the interdict and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, which cannot be revoked."
⁹ Therefore King Darius signed the document and interdict.
¹⁰ When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem; and he got down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before God, as he had done previously.
¹¹ then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
¹² Then they came near and said before the king, concerning the interdict, "O king! Did you not sign an interdict, that any man who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?" The king answered, "The thing stands fast, according to the law of the Medes and the persians, which cannot be revoked."
¹³ Then they answered before the king, "That Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no heed to you, O king, or to the interdict you have signed, but makes petition three times a day."
¹⁴ Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed, and set his mind to deliver Daniel; and he labored till the sun went down to rescue him.
¹⁵ Then these men came by agreement to the king, and said to the king, "Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and the Persians that no interdict or ordinance which the king establishes can be changed."
¹⁶ Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, "May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!"
¹⁷ And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
¹⁸ Then the king went to his palace, and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.
¹⁹ Then, at break of day, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions.
²⁰ When he came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish and said to Daniel, "O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?"
²¹ Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live for ever!
²² My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no wrong."
²³ Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den, and no kind of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.
²⁴ And the king commanded, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions-- they, their children, and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones to pieces.
²⁵ Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell upon the earth: "Peace be multiplied to you.
²⁶ I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel,
for he is the living God, enduring for ever;
his kingdom shall never be destroyed,
and his dominion shall be to the end.
²⁷ He delivers and rescues,
he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth,
he who has saved Daniel from the power of the lions."
²⁸ So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Revised Standard Version.
Inscriptions based on Robert Favereau, Jean Michaud, and Bernadette Leplant, Corpus des Inscriptions de la France Medievale. Vol. 8, Ariege, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrenees, Tarn-et-Garonne. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982.