Iconography

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Divination and prophecy / Sibyls / Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl / The Sibyl points to the Virgin and Child

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ms. lat. fol. 329 (perhaps Franconia, Mid-14th century, incomplete set)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8a: Nativity of Christ / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8a: Nativity of Christ / Variant: Virgin kneeling before Child, Joseph visible but not kneeling
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8b: The dream of the Pharao's butler / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8b: The dream of the Pharao's butler / Variant: Butler lying down, feet not in stocks, vine growing out of his body like a Jesse Tree
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8c: The flowering rod of Aaron / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8c: The flowering rod of Aaron / Original composition: Aaron's flowering rod surrounded by the dead rods, outdoors
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8d: Augustus and the Sibyl have vision of Christ's Nativity / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 8: Nativity of Christ / 8d: Augustus and the Sibyl have vision of Christ's Nativity / Variant: Sibyl seated next to Augustus, above them a sun and an image of the Virgin and Child, without texts or banderoles
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Genesis / Gen. 40:9-15: Dream of Pharao's butler / Type for the Nativity of Christ (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Numbers / Num. 17:8-9: Aaron's rod blossoms / Type for the Nativity (BP, SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Infancy of Christ / Nativity / with Gen. 40:9-15: Dream of Pharao's butler (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Infancy of Christ / Nativity / with Numbers 17:8-9: Aaron's rod (BP, SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Old Testament / Genesis / Joseph / Joseph interprets the dreams of the butler and baker (Gen. 40:7-19) / The dream of the butler (Gen. 40:9-11)
Old Testament / Numbers / God confirms the offices of the Levites, the Rod of Aaron (Num. 17-18) / Aaron's Rod blossoms (Num. 17:8-9)
Life of Christ / Infancy / Nativity / Immediate family only / Joseph, Virgin and Child only

Further details

Artist or creator

Franconian (attributed)

Date

14th century (middle)

Location

Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, lat. fol. 329

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 8v-9r.

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