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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 / 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 23: Christ nailed to the Cross / 23a: Christ nailed to the Cross / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 23: Christ nailed to the Cross / 23a: Christ nailed to the Cross / Variant: Cross diagonal, several executioners nail Christ to the Cross, whilst others stretch Him with ropes (but not two doing each)
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 / Original composition: Tubal-Cain and an assistant hammering, between them in the background Jubal with a musical instrument
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 / 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 / Non-biblical narratives treated as Types / Isaias is sawn in two by command of King Manasses / 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
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
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Passion of Christ / Christ nailed to the Cross / with Isaias sawn into pieces (non-biblical, 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)
Life of Christ / Passion / Before the Crucifixion / Christ nailed to the cross / Cross not fully raised up, Christ being both nailed onto it and stretched out with ropes

Further details

Artist or creator

Catalonia (attributed)

Date

15th century (second quarter) localised and dated because of similarity with Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Douce 204

Location

Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, I.II.11

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 27r.

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