Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn

Foolish Virgins (c.1200)

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Miniatures illustrating the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, from a manuscript of the Speculum Virginum. Trier or Middle Rhein Region, c.1200. From Ms. 132 in the Episcopal Archive, Trier. The Speculum Virginum (Mirror for Virgins) was written around 1140 by an anonymous author. It was a kind of text book for the instruction of "Christian virgins," i.e. nuns.

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