Hortus Deliciarum, Moses führt das Volk Israel durch das Rote Meer

Moses stands at the shoreline, holding a wooden staff toward stylized, curling blue waves that have split to create a passage. Behind him follows a procession of Israelites, including a woman riding a camel, another on a donkey, small children, and a group of soldiers wearing chainmail and helmets. The figures are rendered in a flat, linear Romanesque style characteristic of the 12th-century Hohenburg Abbey school.

Compiled by Abbess Herrad, the Hortus Deliciarum was one of the first encyclopedias written by a woman, synthesizing medieval theology and natural philosophy. This scene exemplifies the 'typos' system of biblical interpretation, where Old Testament events were seen as scientific and spiritual precursors to New Testament sacraments like baptism.