(photo on external web page)

	Iconography
	RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
	Old Testament
	→ 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) → The Ark returns to Jerusalem (2 Kings 6-7) → David dances before the Ark (2 Kings 6:16) → David plays an instrument rather than dancing - with Michol despising him
	Typology and Prophecy
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Manuscripts → Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Latin 511 (Alsatian, c1370-1380)
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 25: The dead Christ mocked and pierced with a lance → 25b: Michol reproaches David for dancing in front of the Ark of the Covenant → All images
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 25: The dead Christ mocked and pierced with a lance → 25b: Michol reproaches David for dancing in front of the Ark of the Covenant → Variant: David playing the harp near the Ark of the Covenant seen by Michol from the upper storey of a house
	→ Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament → 2 Kings → 2 Kings 6:15-16, 20-22: David dances before the Ark of the Covenant and is rebuked by his wife Michol → Type for the Crucifixion (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Type for the mocking of Christ on the Cross)
	→ Antitypes for episodes from the Passion of Christ → Crucifixion → with 2 Kings 6:15-16, 20-22: David dances before the Ark of the Covenant and is rebuked by his wife Michol (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Type for the Mocking of the Dead Christ)

	Further details
	ARTIST/CREATOR
	Alsatian
	DATE
	circa 1370 - 1380
	LOCATION
	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France → lat. 511, fol. 25v
	TEXT/BOOK/DOCUMENT (SOURCE OF PHOTO)
	Speculum humanae salvationis

	Acknowledgements
	Images on external web-page, kindly provided by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Source gallica.bnf.fr / BnF (public domain)

	Contact
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