3150 : Miroir de l'ame
Number
3150
Shelf Marks
- Den Haag, KB, 76 E 9
- King William I of The Netherlands (1819)
- Joseph Désiré Lupus (+1822 ; Brussels), B 107
Owners before c.1550
/
Commissioners
/
Country
Netherlands
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
Jean Miélot
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Brabant
- Towns : Brussels
- Details : Brussel
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Date
- Date details : 1451
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1450 - 1459
Physical description
Measurements
- 093 leaves
- Size categories of height : 275-299 mm
- Height of text blocks : 294 mm
- Width of text blocks : 204 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 1
- Number of miniatures :
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings : 1
Miniaturists
- Jean Miélot
Material
Parchment
Contemporary Bindings
Content
Genre
philosophical, theological, ascetic
Authors
- Jacob van Gruytrode
Translators
- Jean Miélot
Contents
- 1 : Miroir de l'ame
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. 081, Jean Miélot, 1451
Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam 1987: Miélot
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, (fig. 148)
Thomas Kren & Scot McKendrick, with contributions by Maryan W. Ainsworth, Mari-Tere Alvarez, Brigitte Dekeyser, Richard Gay, Elisabeth Morrison & Catherine Reynolds, Illuminating the Renaissance. The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, exhib. cat., Los Angeles-London 2003, p.245
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.180
J.P.J. Brandhorst, K.H. Broekhuijsen-Kruijer, De verluchte handschriften en incunabelen van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek: een overzicht voorzien van een iconografische index, The Hague 1985, no. 410
Online Informations and images
http://manuscripts.kb.nl/search/manuscript/extended/page/1/shelfmark/76+e+9
Photo Archives
Brussels, IRPA-KIK, File Pays-Bas 1 (2 photos); Brussels, KBR, bl-w photo collection: 2 photos