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Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, MS 281-283 (2140) (Rhineland, c1390)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 30: Mary vanquishing the devil through compassion with Christ / 30c: Jael drives a nail into Sisera's head / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 30: Mary vanquishing the devil through compassion with Christ / 30c: Jael drives a nail into Sisera's head / Original composition: Sisera lies on the ground, holding a shield
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 30: Mary vanquishing the devil through compassion with Christ / 30d: Tomyris beheads King Cyrus and dips his head into a barrel of blood / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 30: Mary vanquishing the devil through compassion with Christ / 30d: Tomyris beheads King Cyrus and dips his head into a barrel of blood / Original composition: Tomyris hold a sword in one hand and the severed head of Cyrus in the other
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Judges / Jud. 4:21: Jael drives a nail into Sisera's head / Type for Mary vanquishing the devil (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Non-biblical narratives treated as Types / Tomyris dips the head of Cyrus into blood / Type for Mary vanquishing the devil (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Hagiographic Scenes with biblical models / Virgin Mary / Mary vanquishing the devil / with Jud. 4:21: Jael drives a nail into Sisera's head (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Hagiographic Scenes with biblical models / Virgin Mary / Mary vanquishing the devil / with Tomyris dipping the severed head of Cyrus into a barrel of blood (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Old Testament / Judges / Deborah, Barak and Jael (Jud. 4) / Jael drives a nail through Sisera's head (Jud. 4:21) / Speculum humanae salvationis
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Further details
Artist or creator
Rhineland from Steinhaus monastery near Wuppertal
Date
1390 (circa)
Location
Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 281-283 (cat. no. 2140)
Book, text or document (source of image)
unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 34r.
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