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Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Douce f 4 (probably Flemish, c1460-1470, fragment)
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 / Variant: The King of Moab beheads or stabs his son on the wall, but not above a 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

Further details

The caption refers to 23c., which should have shown here, but the artist drew instead 23d

Artist or creator

Flemish (attributed)

Date

1460 (circa) - 1470

Location

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce f. 4

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis.

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