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Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ms. lat. qu. 917b (Southern Germany, c1450, incomplete set)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 9: Adoration of the Magi / 9a: Adoration of the Magi / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 9: Adoration of the Magi / 9a: Adoration of the Magi / Variant: Virgin and Child seated on one side, one Magus kneels and offers gifts, none points to the star
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 9: Adoration of the Magi / 9b: The Magi see the star (Variant: Bileam's prophecy) / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 9: Adoration of the Magi / 9b: The Magi see the star (Variant: Bileam's prophecy) / Variant: Magi kneeling or standing, above them a star with an image of Christ as bust or half-figure, no banderoles
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 9: Adoration of the Magi / 9c: The Three Valiant Men bring water to David / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 9: Adoration of the Magi / 9c: The Three Valiant Men bring water to David / Variant: David with one or two valiant men only
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 9: Adoration of the Magi / 9d: The throne of Solomon and the Queen of Saba / All images
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 9: Adoration of the Magi / 9d: The throne of Solomon and the Queen of Saba / Variant: Solomon's throne decorated with (some) lions only, at the bottom of the steps the Queen of Saba
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / 2 Kings / 2 Kings 23:14-17: The Three Valiant Men bring water from Bethlehem to David / Type for the Adoration of the Magi (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / 3 Kings / 3 Kings 10:1-3: The Queen of Saba visits Solomon / Type for the Adoration of the Magi (BP, SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Infancy of Christ / Adoration of the Magi / with 2 Kings 23:14-17: The three strong men bring water to David (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Infancy of Christ / Adoration of the Magi / with 3 Kings 10:18-20: The Throne of Solomon (SHS)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / The Three Valiant Men (2 Kings 23) / The Three Valiant Men offer the water to David (2 Kings 23:16)
Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / The Queen of Saba (A.V. Sheba) (3 Kings 10) / The Queen of Saba comes before Solomon (3 Kings 10:1-2) / Solomon on lions' throne, Queen kneels
Life of Christ / Infancy / Story of the Magi / The Magi see the star / Star contains an image of Christ
Life of Christ / Infancy / Adoration of the Magi / Without attendants / Without Joseph / Black Magus

Further details

Artist or creator

German (southern)

Date

1450 (circa)

Location

Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, lat. qu. 917b

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 11v-12r.

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