Judith, Jael, and Humilitas in the Speculum Virginum

Elizabeth M. Bailey

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Medieval Literature and History Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books Medieval Iberian Studies

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Note portant sur l'auteur *IntroductionThe illuminated manuscript of the Speculum Virginum, or Mirror of Virgins, in the British Library, Arundel MS. 44, dated ca. 1140, contains at the right an image of Judith as victor over Holofernes (fol. 34v; Fig. 15.1). She and her counterpart Jael, standing triumphantly over Sisera, flank the allegorical figure of Humilitas, who kills Superbia. The Latin text, which has been attributed to Conrad of Hirsau, or Scribe A of Arundel 44, or yet another ano...

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