Iconography
	RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
	Old Testament
	→ Exodus → The Passover → The Israelites depart from Egypt (Exod. 12:51)
	Life of Christ
	→ After the Passion → Harrowing of Hell → Christ approaching or breaking open the gate of Hell
	Typology and Prophecy
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Manuscripts → Berlin, Kunstbibliothek, CD 1 R (formerly Lipp. 403, Master of Amiens 200, c1450-1460)
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 31: Christ delivering the Fathers from Limbo → 31b: Delivery of the Israelites from Egypt → All images
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 31: Christ delivering the Fathers from Limbo → 31b: Delivery of the Israelites from Egypt → Variant: Moses before Pharao
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 31: Christ delivering the Fathers from Limbo → 31a: Christ delivers the Fathers from Limbo → All images
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 31: Christ delivering the Fathers from Limbo → 31a: Christ delivers the Fathers from Limbo → Variant: Christ leads a group of persons out of a cave
	→ Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament → Genesis → Gen. 19:23-26: Lot escapes from Sodom, his wife is turned into a pillar of salt → Type for the Delivery of the Fathers from Limbo (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis
	→ Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament → Exodus → Exod. 12:51: The Israelites depart from Egypt → Type for Christ delivering the Fathers from Limbo (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis
	→ Non-biblical narratives treated as Types → Abraham is thrown into the fire in Ur and rescued by God → Type for the Liberation of the Fathers from Limbo (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis
	→ Antitypes for episodes from the Resurrection of Christ to the Coronation of the Virgin → Harrowing of Hell → with Gen. 19:23-26: Lot escapes from Sodom, his wife is turned into a pillar of salt (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Type for Christ delivering the souls from limbo)
	→ Antitypes for episodes from the Resurrection of Christ to the Coronation of the Virgin → Harrowing of Hell → with Abraham delivered by God from the fire in Ur (Comestor, SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Type for Christ delivering the souls from limbo)
	→ Antitypes for episodes from the Resurrection of Christ to the Coronation of the Virgin → Harrowing of Hell → with Exod. 12:51: The Israelites depart from Egypt (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis

	Further details
	ARTIST/CREATOR
	Master of Amiens 200 (active c1454-1480)
	DATE
	circa 1450 - 1460
	LOCATION
	Berlin, Kunstbibliothek → CD 1 R (formerly Lipp. 403), fol. 35v
	TEXT/BOOK/DOCUMENT (SOURCE OF PHOTO)
	Speculum humanae salvationis

	Notes on photograph
	DESCRIPTION
	Evelyn Silber gift

	Contact
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