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2117  :  Speculum humanae salvationis

Number

2117


Shelf Marks

  • Lyon, BM, 245 (f.120-168v)

Owners before c.1550

  • Notre Dame convent (Val-des-Ecoliers), Mons

Commissioners

  • Notre Dame convent (Val-des-Ecoliers), Mons
    • Institution: ecclesiastical
    • Gender : Institution

Country

France


Ownership Category

Public

Scribe

Jacques de Choquez

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Hainaut
    • Towns : Mons
    • Details : Mons
  • Date
    • Date details : 1461
    • Half centuries : 1450-1499
    • Decade : 1460 - 1469

Physical description

Measurements

  • 048 leaves
  • Size categories of height : 375-399 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 392 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 285 mm

Illustrations

  • Total number of illustrations : 192
  • Number of miniatures : 192
  • Number of historiated initials :
  • Number of grisailles :

Material

Mixed (paper + parchment)

Binding

  • Description :
  • Dating : (no data)


Content

Genre

biblical

Authors

/

Translators

  • Nicolas Trivet (commentator)

Contents

  • 1 : Speculum humanae salvationis

Languages

  • Latin

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. 15

Online Informations and images

See: http://www.enluminures.culture.fr/

Photo Archives

IRHT (Paris-Orléans), Slide Collection [slides of all miniatures]

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman