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Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / London, British Library, Harley MS 2838 (Master of the Dark Eyes, between 1485 and 1509, incomplete set)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 42: Heaven / 42b: The Queen of Saba before Solomon / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 42: Heaven / 42b: The Queen of Saba before Solomon / Variant: Queen of Saba stands or kneels before Solomon but does not hold a scroll
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / 3 Kings / 3 Kings 10:6-7: The Queen of Saba tells Solomon that his glory surpasses all she could have imagined / Type for Heaven (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for eschatological scenes / Heaven / with 3 Kings 10:6-7: The Queen of Saba tells Solomon that his glory surpasses all she could have imagined (SHS)
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / The Queen of Saba (A.V. Sheba) (3 Kings 10) / The Queen of Saba talks to Solomon (3 Kings 10:2-3 and 6-9) / Queen standing, not black

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Artist or creator

Master of the Dark Eyes (active late 15th - early 16th century)

Date

1485 - 1509

Location

London, British Library, Harley MS 2838

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 44v.

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British Library

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