Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Speculum humanae salvationis
Germany, probably Nuremberg, between 1350 and 1400
MS M.140 fol. 8r

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Left column:
Jephthah: Sacrifice -- Jephthah, name inscribed YEPTE, raising sword with right hand, extends left hand to daughter, crowned, kneeling on pedestal, hands extended, cloth draped over forearms. Fire burns between them.
Caption, YEPTE OBTULIT FILIAM SUAM DOMINO, is inscribed above scene.
Right column:
Wife of Nebuchadnezzar: in Hanging Garden -- Bust of wife of Nebuchadnezzar, crowned, is flanked by four trees, behind wall decorated with flowers, atop narrow building with closed door.
Caption, REGINA PERSARUM CONTEMPLABATUR PATRIAM SUAM IN ORTO SUSPENSIBILI, is inscribed above scene.