Iconography
	RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
	Old Testament
	→ 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) → The Queen of Saba (3 Kings 10) → The Queen of Saba comes before Solomon (3 Kings 10:1-2) → Solomon on lions' throne, Queen kneels, not black
	Typology and Prophecy
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Manuscripts → Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ms. lat. qu. 917b (Southern Germany, c1450, incomplete set)
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 9: Adoration of the Magi → 9d: The throne of Solomon and the Queen of Saba → All images
	→ Cycles → Manuscripts and Prints → Speculum humanae salvationis → Chapter 9: Adoration of the Magi → 9d: The throne of Solomon and the Queen of Saba → Variant: Solomon's throne decorated with (some) lions only, at the bottom of the steps the Queen of Saba
	→ Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament → 3 Kings → 3 Kings 10:1-3: The Queen of Saba visits Solomon → Type for the Adoration of the Magi (BP, SHS) → Speculum Humanae Salvationis
	→ Antitypes for episodes from the Infancy of Christ → Adoration of the Magi → with 3 Kings 10:18-20: The Throne of Solomon (SHS)

	Further details
	ARTIST/CREATOR
	Southern German
	DATE
	circa 1450
	LOCATION
	Berlin, Staatsbibliothek → lat. qu. 917b, fol. 12r
	TEXT/BOOK/DOCUMENT (SOURCE OF PHOTO)
	Speculum humanae salvationis

	Notes on photograph
	DESCRIPTION
	Evelyn Silber gift

	Contact
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