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Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek, Oettingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek Cod.I.2.2.24 (Nuremberg, 1456)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 23: Christ nailed to the Cross / 23d: The King of Moab kills his son to end a siege / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 23: Christ nailed to the Cross / 23d: The King of Moab kills his son to end a siege / Original composition: The King of Moab beheads or stabs his son above a city gate
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / 4 Kings / 4 Kings 3:27: The King of Moab sacrifices his eldest son on the walls to end a siege / Type for Christ being 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 4 Kings 3:27: The King of Moab sacrifices his eldest son on the walls to end a siege (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Old Testament / 4 Kings (A.V. II Kings) / The kings of Israel, Juda, and Edom, fight against the king of Moab (4 Kings 3) / The besieged King of Moab sacrifices his oldest son on the city walls (4 Kings 3:27) / The King of Moab sacrifices his son

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Nuremberg

Date

1456

Location

Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod.I.2.2.24 (Oettingen-Wallersteinsche Bibliothek)

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 50r.

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