Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Speculum humanae salvationis
England, Yorkshire?, ca. 1400
MS M.766 fol. 54r

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Left column:
Jonah: cast up -- Nude, Jonah, grasping tree with each hand, steps with left foot from mouth of fish in water.
Caption, IONAS POST TRIDUU(M) UIUUS EXEUNT DE UENTRE CETI, is inscribed above scene.
Text reference, IONAS SECUNDO, is in upper margin.
Right column:
Christ: teaching, Cornerstone -- Two men, wearing hats, stand on wall of building, flanking short tower. One holds trowel, the other, standing on block of stone, holds hammer; both hold stone over the tower with other hand.
Caption, LAPIDEM QUE(M) REPROBAUEUERU(N)T EDIFICANTES HIC FACT(US) EST IN CAPUT ANGULI, is inscribed above scene.
Text reference, GENES(IS) , is in upper margin.