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 / Königsberg, Stadtbibliothek, Cod. S. 18.2 (dispersed) / Chapter 30a-d (Collection Grigoryants)
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

Tyrolese or
Swiss

Date

1426

Location

Moscow, Collection S. I. Grigoryants (formerly Moscow, Collection I. G. Sanowich)

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Ekaterina Zolotova, Western European Book Miniatures of the 12th-17th Centuries. Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts in Moscow Libraries, Museums and Private Collection, Moskva 2012, pp. 268-271, 434-436, no. 134

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