Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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

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Left column:
Virgin Mary: Espousal -- Abiathar, name inscribed ABYATHAR, wearing miter and chasuable, grasps right hands of Virgin Mary, name inscribed MARIA, nimbed and veiled, and of Joseph, name inscribed IOSEPH, nimbed.
Right column:
Tobias: Marriage -- Raguel, name inscribed RAGUEL, wearing tall hat, stands on pedestal, holding right hand of Sara, name inscribed SARA, crowned, raising left hand, and right hand of Tobias, name inscribed THOBIAS.
Caption, NU(M)QUAM DESIRARII VIR(ORUM) ET MU(ND)E S(ER)UAUI A(N)I(M)AM MEA(M) AB OM(N)I (CON)CUP(ESCENC)IA, is inscribed above scene.