Iconography

HISTORY

Ancient / Tomyris / Dipping Cyrus's head into a barrel of blood

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Berlin, Kunstbibliothek, CD 1 R (formerly Lipp. 403, Master of Amiens 200, c1450-1460)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 30: Mary vanquishing the devil through compassion with Christ / 30c: Jael drives a nail into Sisera's head / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 30: Mary vanquishing the devil through compassion with Christ / 30c: Jael drives a nail into Sisera's head / Original composition: Sisera lies on the ground, holding a shield
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 30: Mary vanquishing the devil through compassion with Christ / 30d: Tomyris beheads King Cyrus and dips his head into a barrel of blood / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 30: Mary vanquishing the devil through compassion with Christ / 30d: Tomyris beheads King Cyrus and dips his head into a barrel of blood / Original composition: Tomyris hold a sword in one hand and the severed head of Cyrus in the other
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Judges / Jud. 4:21: Jael drives a nail into Sisera's head / Type for Mary vanquishing the devil (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Non-biblical narratives treated as Types / Tomyris dips the head of Cyrus into blood / Type for Mary vanquishing the devil (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Hagiographic Scenes with biblical models / Virgin Mary / Mary vanquishing the devil / with Jud. 4:21: Jael drives a nail into Sisera's head (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Hagiographic Scenes with biblical models / Virgin Mary / Mary vanquishing the devil / with Tomyris dipping the severed head of Cyrus into a barrel of blood (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Old Testament / Judges / Deborah, Barak and Jael (Jud. 4) / Jael drives a nail through Sisera's head (Jud. 4:21) / Speculum humanae salvationis

Further details

Artist or creator

Master of Amiens 200 (active c1454-1480)

Date

1450 (circa) - 1460

Location

Berlin, Kunstbibliothek, CD 1 R (formerly Lipp. 403)

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 35r.

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