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LITERATURE

Modern / Comestor, Petrus / Historia Scholastica / Non-biblical Episodes / Genesis - The hammering of Tubal-Cain inspires Jubal to invent harmony

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 23: Christ nailed to the Cross / 23b: The hammering of Tubal-Cain, the first smith, inspire Jubal to invent singing / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 23: Christ nailed to the Cross / 23b: The hammering of Tubal-Cain, the first smith, inspire Jubal to invent singing / Variant: Tubal-Cain and an assistant hammering, at the side Jubal with a musical instrument
Typology and Prophecy / Non-biblical narratives treated as Types / The hammering of Tubal-Cain, the first smith, inspire Jubal to invent music / Type for Christ nailed to the Cross (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Passion of Christ / Christ nailed to the Cross / with the hammering of Tubal-Cain, the first smith, inspiring Jubal to invent singing (Comestor, SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Old Testament / Genesis / Cain and Abel / Cain and his family (Gen. 4:17-22) / Lamech and his children / The hammering of Tubal-Cain inspires Jubal to invent harmony (Comestor)

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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: 26v.

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