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Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. Haen. 3506 (French or Flemish, 1436, partially executed) / Chapters 41b-44a (fols. 57r-64v)
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Chapter 41: Hell / 41b: David punishes the inhabitants of Rabbath / Variant: One or more men are sawed in two, others are beaten or attacked with swords or spears
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / 2 Kings / 2 Kings 12:31: David cruelly kills the inhabitants of Rabbath / Type for Hell (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for eschatological scenes / Hell / with 2 Kings 12:31: David cruelly kills the inhabitants of Rabbath (SHS) / Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / David and Bethsabee (Bathsheba) (2 Kings 11-12) / David conquers Rabbath and kills its inhabitants by sawing them asunder and driving chariots over them (2 Kings 12:31)

Further details

Chapters 41b-44a are inserted after Chapter 25a

Artist or creator

French or
Flemish

Date

1436

Location

Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. Haen. 3506

Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 57r.

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