blancefleur: The Ladder of Virtue, with nuns climbing a ladder...

Archivalia_EN 2014-02-10

Summary:

blancefleur:

The Ladder of Virtue, with nuns climbing a ladder towards Christ, and a devil with swords, and a dragon at the bottom.

From BL Arundel 44, The Speculum virginum by Conrad of Hirsau (?)

Southern Germany, 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century (after 1140)

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Tags:

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Date tagged:

02/10/2014, 22:00

Date published:

02/10/2014, 21:15