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Passion and Crucifixion Scenes
From the Dialogue Praising the Holy Cross
Regensburg-Prüfening, Germany, 1170–80
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Clm.14159
This learned text uses both texts and images to describe in a systematic fashion how the events recounted in the Hebrew Bible foreshadowed the life of Christ described in the Christian New Testament. The work is notable for its relentless focus on the cross, which serves as the mechanism to trigger associations between the New Testament and Old.