Iconography

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Enamel / Klosterneuburg Altarpiece / Section 15: Pentecost
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Exodus / Exod. 19:16-19, 20:21 and 31:18: The giving of the Law on Sinai / Type for Pentecost (BP, SHS) / Miscellaneous
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Resurrection of Christ to the Coronation of the Virgin / Pentecost / with Exod. 19:16-19, 20:21 and 31:18: The giving of the Law on Sinai (BP, SHS) / Miscellaneous
Old Testament / Exodus / The Giving of the Law on Sinai / God descends on Sinai with thunder (Exod. 19:16-19)
Old Testament / Exodus / The Giving of the Law on Sinai / Gods speaks to Moses from the cloud (cf. Exod. 20:21)

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Allegorical cycles / Klosterneuburg Altarpiece (lower row) (1181)
Allegories and personifications A-Z / Humility (Humilitas)
Allegories and personifications A-Z / Patience (Patientia) / General

Further details

Titulus: Mons Sinay. Ignea Lex Digne Moysim Svccendit Igne; the titulus refers to the fire on the mountain described in Exod. 19:18; at the left Humilitas, at the right Patientia

Artist or creator

Nicholas of Verdun (active 1181-1205)

Date

1181

Location

Klosterneuburg, Stiftsmuseum

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Karl Drexler and Thomas Strommer, Der Verduner Altar. Ein Emailwerk des XII. Jahrhunderts im Stifte Klosterneuburg bei Wien, Vienna 1903, pl. 45

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