(photo on external web page)

	Iconography
	RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
	Virgin Mary
	→ Life of the Virgin → Betrothal of the Virgin to St Joseph → Without suitors breaking their rods
	Typology and Prophecy
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Manuscripts → Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Hs. 22401 (probably Swabia, early 15th century, only partially illustrated))
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 6: The Betrothal of Mary to Joseph → 6a: The Betrothal of Mary to Joseph → All images
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 6: The Betrothal of Mary to Joseph → 6a: The Betrothal of Mary to Joseph → Original composition: High Priest stands between Mary and Joseph and joins their hands together
	→ Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament → Tobias → Tobias 7:15-16: Marriage of Tobias and Sara → Type for the Betrothal of Mary and Joseph (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis
	→ Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament → Cantica Canticorum → Cant. 4:4: The Tower of David protected by a thousand bucklers → Type for the Betrothal of the Virgin Mary (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis
	→ Antitypes for episodes from the Infancy of Christ → Betrothal of the Virgin Mary to Joseph → with Tob. 7:15-16: Marriage of Tobias and Sara (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis
	→ Antitypes for episodes from the Infancy of Christ → Betrothal of the Virgin Mary to Joseph → with Cant. 4:4: The Tower of David protected by a thousand bucklers (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis
	→ Antitypes for episodes from the Infancy of Christ → Betrothal of the Virgin Mary to Joseph → with the tower Baris in Jerusalem that could be defended by two men against all enemies (SHS)
	→ Non-biblical narratives treated as Types → The tower Baris in Jerusalem could be defended by two men against all enemies → Type for the Betrothal of the Virgin Mary (SHS)

	Further details
	ARTIST/CREATOR
	Swabian (attributed)
	DATE
	early 15th century
	LOCATION
	Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum → Hs. 22401, fol. 8v
	TEXT/BOOK/DOCUMENT (SOURCE OF PHOTO)
	Speculum humanae salvationis

	Acknowledgements
	Images on external web-page, kindly provided by the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE)

	Contact
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