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RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints / Speculum humanae salvationis / Manuscripts / Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Français 188 (French, Mid-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 / Original composition: Tomyris hold a sword in one hand and the severed head of Cyrus in the other
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
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Date
15th century (middle)
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Book, text or document (source of image)
unknown author. Speculum humanae salvationis. Folio: 35r.
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