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Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Amberg, Provinzialbibliothek, 2 Ms. 46 (Swabia, c1415-1440)
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 naked persons out of the fortress 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. 12:51: The Israelites depart from Egypt / Type for Christ delivering the Fathers from Limbo (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
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. 12:51: The Israelites depart from Egypt (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
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

Swabian

Date

1415 (circa) - 1440

Location

Amberg, Provinzialbibliothek, 2 Ms. 46

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 77r.

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