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LITERATURE

Modern / Comestor, Petrus / Historia Scholastica / Non-biblical Episodes / 2 Machabees - The tower Baris in Jerusalem, built by high priest Alexander Jannaeus, could be defended by two men against all enemies

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Geography / Topography / Countries A-Z / Palestine / Israel / Jerusalem / The Tower Baris

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek, Oettingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek Cod.I.2.2.23 (South-Western Germany, c1350)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 6: The Betrothal of Mary to Joseph / 6c: The Tower Baris that could be defended by two men against all enemies / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 6: The Betrothal of Mary to Joseph / 6c: The Tower Baris that could be defended by two men against all enemies / Original composition: Tower crowned by a ring of small turrets, with upper bodies of two men visible between them
Typology and Prophecy / Non-biblical narratives treated as Types / The tower Baris in Jerusalem could be defended by two men against all enemies / Type for the Betrothal of the Virgin Mary (SHS)
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Infancy of Christ / Betrothal of the Virgin Mary to Joseph / with the tower Baris in Jerusalem that could be defended by two men against all enemies (SHS)

Further details

Artist or creator

German (southwest) probably since the 15th century in St Mang's Abbey, Füssen

Date

1350 (circa)

Location

Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod.I.2.2.23 (Oettingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek)

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 9v.

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