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HISTORY

Ancient / Tomyris / Throwing Cyrus's torso into a barrel of blood

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Saint-Omer, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 236 (Saint-Omer, late 15th century)
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 / Variant: Tomyris stabs Cyrus
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 Tomyris dipping the severed head of Cyrus into a barrel of blood (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis

Further details

Most miniatures copied after Saint-Omer, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 183

Artist or creator

Saint-Omer

Date

15th century (late)

Location

Saint-Omer (Pas de Calais), Bibliothèque municipale, 236

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 61r.

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