Iconography
	RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
	Old Testament
	→ Canticles (A.V. Song of Songs) → Cant. 4:4: Bridegroom: Sicut turris David collum tuum ... mille clypei pendant ex ea, omnis armatura fortium (Bridegroom: Thy neck is as the tower of David ... a thousand bucklers hang upon it ..)
	Typology and Prophecy
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Manuscripts → Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W. 149 (German, late 14th century, fragment)
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 6: The Betrothal of Mary to Joseph → 6d: The Tower of David covered in shields → All images
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 6: The Betrothal of Mary to Joseph → 6d: The Tower of David covered in shields → Original composition: Tower apparently rectangular, seen from one side, with crenellation and numerous shields, some on protruding lances
	→ Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament → Cantica Canticorum → Cant. 4:4: The Tower of David protected by a thousand bucklers → Type for the Betrothal of the Virgin Mary (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis
	→ Antitypes for episodes from the Infancy of Christ → Betrothal of the Virgin Mary to Joseph → with Cant. 4:4: The Tower of David protected by a thousand bucklers (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis

	Further details
	ARTIST/CREATOR
	German
	DATE
	late 14th century
	LOCATION
	Baltimore, Walters Art Museum → W. 149, fol. 2r
	TEXT/BOOK/DOCUMENT (SOURCE OF PHOTO)
	Speculum humanae salvationis

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	RELATIONS
	Walters Art Museum (for high resolution images)
	Walters Art Museum (catalogue entry)

	Acknowledgements
	Images kindly provided by the Walters Art Museum Baltimore (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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