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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 38: Mary protecting the faithful under her cloak / 38c: When Abimelech besieged Thebes, a woman killed him by throwing down a millstone / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 38: Mary protecting the faithful under her cloak / 38c: When Abimelech besieged Thebes, a woman killed him by throwing down a millstone / Original composition: Simultaneously the woman on the tower holds the millstone, it hits Abimelech beneath, his armourbearer kills him
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 38: Mary protecting the faithful under her cloak / 38d: Michol lets David escape from Saul's men / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 38: Mary protecting the faithful under her cloak / 38d: Michol lets David escape from Saul's men / Original composition: Michol is talking to Saul's soldiers whilst David is letting himself down a rope from the upper floor
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Judges / Jud. 9:53-54: Abimelech attacks the tower of Sichem, is wounded by a stone thrown down by a woman, and asks his armourbearer to kill him / Model for Mary protecting the Faithful (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / 1 Kings / 1 Kings 19:12: With Michol's help David escapes through the window / Model for Mary protecting the Faithful (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Hagiographic Scenes with biblical models / Virgin Mary / Mary as Protector and Intercessor / with Jud. 9:53-54: Abimelech attacks the tower of Sichem, is wounded by a stone thrown down by a woman, and asks his armourbearer to kill him (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Hagiographic Scenes with biblical models / Virgin Mary / Mary as Protector and Intercessor / with 1 Kings 19:12: With Michol's help David escapes through the window (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Old Testament / Judges / Abimelech (Jud. 9) / A woman kills Abimelech by throwing a stone from the tower of Thebes (Jud. 9:50-54)
Old Testament / 1 Kings (A.V. I Samuel) / The war between Saul and David (1 Kings 19-31) / David flees from Saul (1 Kings 19-20) / Michol talks to Saul's soldiers whilst David escapes from her house

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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: 42v.

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