1427 : Speculum humanae salvationis
Number
1427
Shelf Marks
- Kobenhavn, KB, GkS 79 fol
Owners before c.1550
- Fam. Hoston ??
Commissioners
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Country
Denmark
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges
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Date
- Date details : c.1440
- Half centuries : 1400-1449
- Decade : 1440 - 1449
Physical description
Measurements
- 099 leaves
- Size categories of height : 250-274 mm
- Height of text blocks : 254 mm
- Width of text blocks : 167 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 192
- Number of miniatures : 192
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Emblems and Heraldry
two coats of arms: Fam. Hoston (Hainaut) ??
Miniaturists
- M Gold Scrolls
Material
Parchment
Contemporary Bindings
Content
Genre
biblical
Authors
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Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Speculum humanae salvationis
Languages
- Dutch (Lower German)
Bibliography
Bert Cardon, Manuscripts of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis in the Southern Netherlands (c. 1410 - c. 1470). A Contribution to the Study of the 15th-Century Book Illumination and of the Function and Meaning of Historical Symbolism (Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts, 9), Leuven 1996, cat. no. 10 (fig. 63, 82-89, 91, 93, 95-101, 106, 109-121, 131, 133, 136, 142, 146, 147, 155, 159, 162, 167)
Bernard Bousmanne & Thierry Delcourt (dir.), Ilona Hans-Collas, Pascal Schandel, Céline Van Hoorebeeck & Michiel Verweij (eds.), Miniatures flamandes, 1404-1492, exhib. cat. (Brussels-Paris, 2011-2012), Paris-Brussels, 2011, p. 142
Online Informations and images
Digital facsimile: http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/manus/218/eng/
Photo Archives
Leuven, Illuminare, Slides nos. 02295-313