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Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Freiburg im Breisgau, Universitätsbibliothek, Hs. 179 (Alsatian, 1436)
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 / Variant: The woman on the tower and the dying Abimelech only
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 / 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
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1436
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unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 106r.
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