Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Speculum humanae salvationis
Belgium, Bruges, mid 15th century
MS M.385. Fol. 025r

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Left column:
Christ: Parable, Wicked Husbandmen --One of two men, stabs third man, on ground, in abdomen with spear. The second man stabs third man in eye with sword. They stand in castle portal or city gate decorated with trefoil arch surmounted by tower, all flanked by wattle fence enclosing two grape vines climbing polesRight column: