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Speculum humanae salvationis
England, Yorkshire?, ca. 1400
MS M.766 fol. 60v

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Left column:
Christ: as Intercessor -- Christ, crossed nimbus, wearing loincloth, raising hands, shows wounds. At right God, crossed nimbus, right hand raised, holding tripartite globe with left hand, looking toward Christ, is seated on arc within mandorla.
Caption, CHRISTUS OSTENDIT PATRI SUO UULNERA, is inscribed above scene.
Right column:
Antipater: showing Wounds to Caesar -- Antipater, nude to waist, shows wounds to Caesar, crowned, raising right hand, holding foliate scepter on left shoulder, is seated on bench.
Caption, ANTIPATER OSTENDIT IULIO CESARI CICATRICES SUAS, is inscribed above scene.



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