(photo on external web page)

	Iconography
	RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
	Old Testament
	→ Judges → Abimelech (Jud. 9) → A woman kills Abimelech by throwing a stone from the tower of Thebes (Jud. 9:50-54)
	Typology and Prophecy
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Manuscripts → Lilienfeld, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 114 (Austria, c1380)
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 38: Mary protecting the faithful under her cloak → 38c: When Abimelech besieged Thebes, a woman killed him by throwing down a millstone → All images
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 38: Mary protecting the faithful under her cloak → 38c: When Abimelech besieged Thebes, a woman killed him by throwing down a millstone → Variant: The woman stands above empty-handed, and the wounded Abimelech waits to be killed by his armourbearer
	→ Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament → Judges → Jud. 9:53-54: Abimelech attacks the tower of Sichem, is wounded by a stone thrown down by a woman, and asks his armourbearer to kill him → Model for Mary protecting the Faithful (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis
	→ Hagiographic Scenes with biblical models → Virgin Mary → Mary as Protector and Intercessor → with Jud. 9:53-54: Abimelech attacks the tower of Sichem, is wounded by a stone thrown down by a woman, and asks his armourbearer to kill him (SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis

	Further details
	ARTIST/CREATOR
	Austrian from Kleinmariazell Abbey
	DATE
	circa 1380
	LOCATION
	Lilienfeld, Stiftsbibliothek → 114, fol. 61v
	TEXT/BOOK/DOCUMENT (SOURCE OF PHOTO)
	Speculum humanae salvationis

	Acknowledgements
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