Veronese, Judith with the Head of Holofernes (det.)(ca.1575-80)

lunedì 29 aprile 2013

Speculum Humanae Salvationis



The Speculum Humanae Salvationis or Mirror of Human Salvation was a bestselling anonymous illustrated work of popular theology in the late Middle Ages, part of the genre of encyclopedic speculum literature, in this case concentrating on the medieval theory of typology, whereby the events of the Old Testament prefigured, or foretold, the events of the New Testament.


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