Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Speculum humanae salvationis
England, Yorkshire?, ca. 1400
MS M.766 fol. 34r

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Left column:
Elisha: Healing of Naaman -- Naman, wearing soft peaked hat and loincloth, his body covered with sores, with joined hands, kneels in Jordan river flanked by man holding garment, and by Elisha, nimbed.
Caption, NAAMAN LEP(RO)SUS LAU(IT) SE SEPRIES IN IORDANE ET M(U)NDAT(US) EST, is inscribed above scene.
Text reference, 4 REGES 5, is in upper margin.
Right column:
Joshua: crossing Jordan -- The Ark of the Covenant, resting on two poles, is carried by two men, a pile of rocks between them.
Caption, IORDANUS SICCATUS EST IN TRANSITU FILIORUM ISRAEL, is inscribed above scene.
Text reference, IOSUE TERTIO, is in upper margin.