Iconography
MAGIC AND SCIENCE
Divination and prophecy / Sibyls / Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl / The Sibyl points to the Virgin and Child
RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, MS I.II.11 (perhaps Catalan, second quarter 15th century)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8c: The flowering rod of Aaron / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8c: The flowering rod of Aaron / Variant: The flowering rod upright, the others lying on the ground, outdoors
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8d: Augustus and the Sibyl have vision of Christ's Nativity / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8d: Augustus and the Sibyl have vision of Christ's Nativity / Variant: Sibyl standing or kneeling before Augustus, above them a sun and an image of Virgin and Child
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Numbers / Num. 17:8-9: Aaron's rod blossoms / Type for the Nativity (BP, SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Further details
Chapter 8 appears in this manuscript before chapter 7
Artist or creator
Catalonia (attributed)
Date
15th century (second quarter) localised and dated because of similarity with Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Douce 204
Location
Book, text or document (source of image)
unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 10v.
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