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Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Latin 9586 (French or German, second quarter 15th century)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 31: Christ delivering the Fathers from Limbo / 31a: Christ delivers the Fathers from Limbo / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 31: Christ delivering the Fathers from Limbo / 31a: Christ delivers the Fathers from Limbo / Variant: Christ leads a group of persons out of the mouth of hell
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Genesis / Gen. 19:23-26: Lot escapes from Sodom, his wife is turned into a pillar of salt / Type for the Delivery of the Fathers from Limbo (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Exodus / Exod. 14:15-28: The Passing through the Red Sea and the Death of the Egyptians / Type for the Harrowing of Hell (SHS, few manuscripts only) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Type for Christ delivering the fathers form limbo)
Typology and Prophecy / Non-biblical narratives treated as Types / Abraham is thrown into the fire in Ur and rescued by God / Type for the Liberation of the Fathers from Limbo (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Resurrection of Christ to the Coronation of the Virgin / Harrowing of Hell / with Abraham delivered by God from the fire in Ur (Comestor, SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Type for Christ delivering the souls from limbo)
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Resurrection of Christ to the Coronation of the Virgin / Harrowing of Hell / with Gen. 19:23-26: Lot escapes from Sodom, his wife is turned into a pillar of salt (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Type for Christ delivering the souls from limbo)
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Resurrection of Christ to the Coronation of the Virgin / Harrowing of Hell / with Exod. 14:21-22: Passing through the Red Sea (SHS, few manuscripts only) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Type for Christ delivering the souls from limbo)
Life of Christ / After the Passion / Harrowing of Hell / Christ leading the Fathers out of Limbo - not trampling a devil or the broken doors of Hell

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Artist or creator

French or
German

Date

15th century (second quarter)

Location

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 9586

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 32v.

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