(photo on external web page)

	Iconography
	RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
	Old Testament
	→ 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) → The Three Valiant Men (2 Kings 23) → Banaias, one of the Three Valiant Men, had once killed a lion in a pit (2 Kings 23:20)
	Typology and Prophecy
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Manuscripts → Prague, Národní Muzeum, III.B.10 (Bohemian, c1420)
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 29: Christ vanquishing the devil in Limbo through His Passion → 29b: Banaias kills the lion in a cave → All images
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 29: Christ vanquishing the devil in Limbo through His Passion → 29b: Banaias kills the lion in a cave → Original composition: Banaias stabs the lion, which is lying on its back, with a lance
	→ Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament → 2 Kings → 2 Kings 23:20: Banaias kills a lion in a pit → Type for the Harrowing of Hell (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Type for Christ vanquishing the devil in limbo)
	→ Antitypes for episodes from the Resurrection of Christ to the Coronation of the Virgin → Harrowing of Hell → with 2 Kings 23:20: Banaias kills a lion in a pit (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Type for Christ vanquishing the devil in limbo)

	Further details
	ARTIST/CREATOR
	Bohemian
	DATE
	circa 1420
	LOCATION
	Prague, Národní Muzeum → III.B.10, fol. 32v
	TEXT/BOOK/DOCUMENT (SOURCE OF PHOTO)
	Speculum humanae salvationis

	Acknowledgements
	Images on external web-page, kindly provided by the Národní Muzeum and the Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux (IRHT) (CC BY-NC 3.0)

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