957 : Speculum humanae salvationis (vols. 1-2)
Number
957
Shelf Marks
- Brussels, KBR, 9249-50
Owners before c.1550
- Philip the Good
Commissioners
- Philip the Good
- Sovereign: Prince
- Gender : Man
Country
Belgium
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
Jean Miélot
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Flanders
- Details : Lille+Brussels+Bruges
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Date
- Date details : 1449
- Half centuries : 1400-1449
- Decade : 1440 - 1449
Physical description
Measurements
- 112 leaves
- Size categories of height : 400-424 mm
- Height of text blocks : 410 mm
- Width of text blocks : 284 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 192
- Number of miniatures :
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles : 192
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Jean Miélot
Material
Paper
Binding
- Description : modern (restaured)
- Dating : Modern binding
Content
Genre
biblical
Authors
/
Translators
- Jean Miélot
Contents
- 1 : Speculum humanae salvationis (vols. 1-2)
Languages
- French
Bibliography
Léon Delaissé, La miniature flamande. Le mécénat de Philippe le Bon, exhib. cat., Brussels-Amsterdam 1959 [also published in Dutch: De gouden eeuw der Vlaamse miniatuur. Het mecenaat van Filips de Goede, 1445-1475, Brussels-Amsterdam 1959], no. 080, Jean Miélot, 1448-1449 (ill. 35: f.1v)
Georges Dogaer & Marguerite Debae, La librairie de Philippe le Bon, exhib. cat., Brussels 1967 [also published in Dutch: De librije van Filips de Goede, Brussels 1967], no. 008 (ill. 48)
La miniature hollandaise. Le grand siècle de l’enluminure du livre dans les Pays-Bas septentrionaux, exhib. cat., Brussels 1971, no. see no. 37
Isabelle Hottois e.a., L'iconographie musicale dans les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, exhib. cat., Brussels 1982, no. 073
Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam 1987: Miélot, ill.. 46, coul. ill. 6 (f.44,1v)
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. 04 (fig. 123-130, 132, 134, 135, 139-141, 143-145, 149)
Hanno Wijsman, Luxury Bound. Illustrated Manuscript Production and Noble and Princely Book Ownership in the Burgundian Netherlands (1400-1550), (Burgundica, xvi), Turnhout (Brepols), 2010, p.233, 438
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, No. 095, p. 236, 353, 354, 356
Camille Gaspar & Frédéric Lyna, Les principaux manuscrits à peintures de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels 1984-1989 [reprint; 1st edition: Paris 1937-1945], no. 308 (Miélot)
Thomas Falmagne & Baudouin Van den Abeele (eds.), Corpus Catalogorum Belgii. The Medieval Booklists of the Southern Low Countries. Volume V: Ducs de Bourgogne, Brussels (forthcoming in 2010): Dukes of Burgundy
Bernard Bousmanne & Céline Van Hoorebeeck (eds.), La Librairie des ducs de Bourgogne: manuscrits conservés à la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique. Vol. I: Textes liturgiques, ascétiques, théologiques, philosophiques et moraux, Turnhout 2000 (list Lemaire: Dukes of Burgundy)
Photo Archives
Leuven, Illuminare, Slides nos. 03834-3901; Brussels, KBR, bl-w photo collection: many photos