1942 : Speculum humanae salvationis Vita S Laurentii
Number
1942
Shelf Marks
- London, BL, Harley 2838
Owners before c.1550
- Henry VII of England / Henry VIII of England
Commissioners
- Henry VII of England
- Sovereign: King
- Gender : Man
Country
United Kingdom
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
-
Date
- Date details : c.1500-1510
- Half centuries : 1500-1549
- Decade : 1500 - 1509
Physical description
Measurements
- 052 leaves
- Size categories of height : 450-474 mm
- Height of text blocks : 473 mm
- Width of text blocks : 248 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 194
- Number of miniatures : 194
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Dark Eyes (M Eng.)
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 18th c.
- Dating : 1700-1800
Content
Genre
biblical
Authors
/
Translators
/
Contents
- 1 : Speculum humanae salvationis
- 2 : Vita S Laurentii
Languages
- Latin
Bibliography
Scot McKendrick, John Lowden, Kathleen Jackson, with Joanna Fronska and Deirdre Jackson, Royal Manuscripts. The Genius of Illumination, Exhibition Catalogue, British Library, London, 2011, no. 38
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. 14
Walter Prevenier et al., Prinsen en poorters. Beelden van de laat-middeleeuwse samenleving in de Bourgondische Nederlanden, Antwerp 1998 [also published in French: Le prince et le peuple. Images de la société du temps des ducs de Bourgogne 1384-1530, Antwerp 1998], p. 164 (f.37)
Online Informations and images
Description and images: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7563&CollID=8&NStart=2838