2356 : Speculum humanae salvationis
Number
2356
Shelf Marks
- New York, Public Library, Spencer 15
- J. Wassenbergh (1634)
- P. Wassenbergh
Owners before c.1550
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Commissioners
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Country
USA
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Eastern Northern Netherlands (incl. Guelders)
- Details : Guelders / Lower Rhine
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Date
- Date details : c.1410-1420
- Half centuries : 1400-1449
- Decade : 1410 - 1419
Physical description
Measurements
- 049 leaves
- Size categories of height : 300-324 mm
- Height of text blocks : 311 mm
- Width of text blocks : 214 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 193
- Number of miniatures : 193
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description :
- Dating : 1700-1800
Content
Genre
biblical
Authors
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Translators
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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. 18
Jonathan J.G. Alexander, James H. Marrow & Lucy Freeman Sandler (with the assistance of Elisabeth Moodey and Todor T. Petev), The Splendor of the Word. Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library, exhib. cat., New York-London-Turnhout 2005, no. 26
The Limburg Brothers. Masters from Nijmegen at the French Court 1400-1416, exhib. cat., Nijmegen 2005, p.78
Online Informations and images
http://app.cul.columbia.edu:8080/exist/scriptorium/individual/NN-Spncr-158.xml
Photo Archives
Leuven, Illuminare, Slides nos. 02275-94