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826  :  Speculum humanae salvationis

Number

826


Shelf Marks

  • Brno, Státní Vedecká Knihovna, Universitní Knihovna, Nová Rise 80

Owners before c.1550

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Commissioners

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Country

Czech Republic


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Date
    • Date details : c.1415-1425
    • Half centuries : 1400-1449
    • Decade : 1420 - 1429

Physical description

Measurements

  • 060 (2+56+2) leaves
  • Size categories of height : 275-299 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 284 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 220 mm

Illustrations

  • Total number of illustrations : 187
  • Number of miniatures : 187
  • Number of historiated initials :
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • M Brno Speculum
  • M Mary of Guelders ?
  • M Otto van Moerdrecht (influence) ?

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : 17th c. (parchment over paste board)
  • Dating : 1600-1700


Content

Genre

biblical

Authors

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Translators

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Contents

  • 1 : Speculum humanae salvationis

Languages

  • Latin

Bibliography

Henri L.M. Defoer, Anne S. Korteweg & Wilhelmina C.M. Wüstefeld, The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting, exhib. cat., New York-Utrecht-Stuttgart 1989, cat. no. 019 (3 ill.)

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. 03

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman