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Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ms. germ. fol. 245 (Middle Rhine, c1440-1450)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 40: Last Judgement / 40b: The Parable of the Talents / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 40: Last Judgement / 40b: The Parable of the Talents / Original composition: The nobleman flanked by two servants presenting their gain, at the bottom the third servant in stocks
Typology and Prophecy / Passages from the New Testament treated as Types and Prophecies / Luke / Luke 11:12-27: Parable of the Talents / Type for the Last Judgement (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for eschatological scenes / Last Judgement / with Luke 11:12-27 (similar Mt. 25:14-30): Parable of the Talents (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Life of Christ / Ministry / Parables / The talents (Lc. 19:11-26) / The nobleman with two servants presenting the money they gained and the third servant in stocks

Further details

This is probably a mutilated and misunderstood version of the scene of two servants returning their gains to the rich man, whilst the third is lying in stocks

Artist or creator

Middle Rhine

Date

1440 (circa) - 1450

Location

Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, germ. fol. 245

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 69r.

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