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| Iconography |
| RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY |
| Old Testament |
| → Exodus → Childhood of Moses → Moses, as Egyptian general, besieges Saba but then makes peace with it and marries Tarbis, the daughter of its king (Comestor, non-scriptural) → Moses marries Tarbis |
| Typology and Prophecy |
| → Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Manuscripts → Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Français 6275 (Master of Edward IV, c1485) |
| → Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 38: Mary protecting the faithful under her cloak → 38b: Moses besieged the city of Saba and then fell in love and married Tarbis, daughter of its king → All images |
| → Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 38: Mary protecting the faithful under her cloak → 38b: Moses besieged the city of Saba and then fell in love and married Tarbis, daughter of its king → Variant: Moses and Tarbis are married |
| → Non-biblical narratives treated as Types → Moses stops the siege of Saba after falling in love with Tarbis, daughter of its king → Model for Mary protecting the Faithful (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis |
| → Hagiographic Scenes with biblical models → Virgin Mary → Mary as Protector and Intercessor → with Moses stopping the siege of Saba after falling in love with Tarbis, daughter of its king (Flavius and Comestor, SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis | SOCIAL LIFE | | Love | | → Marriage rites → The ceremony → Dextrarum iunctio | |
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| Acknowledgements | | Images on external web-page, kindly provided by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Source gallica.bnf.fr / BnF (public domain) |