Accession number
MS M.385
Object title
Speculum humanae salvationis (MS M.385).
Created
Bruges, Belgium, mid 15th century.
Binding
Formerly in 19th-century green velvet; rebound in vellum over boards with green doublures and tie, green flyleaves, in green box labeled: Speculum humanae Salvationis - German - XV cent. M.385.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Description
51 leaves (2 columns, 25-26 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 290 x 240 mm
Provenance
Edward Davenport of Capesthorne, Chelford, Cheshire, ca. 1860 (ex-libris on inside front cover); W. Bromley-Davenport sale (London, Sotheby's, May 10, 1907, lot 334) to Quaritch; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Léon Gruel in 1909; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Bruges, Belgium, mid 15th century.
Decoration: 192 miniatures, neat drawings colored in blue, rose, green and grey wash.
Artists: Gold Scrolls Group.
Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.385 is in the Pen and Ink Group, manuscripts, including Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.649, illustrated with pen drawings executed by the Gold Scrolls Group.
Decoration: 192 miniatures, neat drawings colored in blue, rose, green and grey wash.
Artists: Gold Scrolls Group.
Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.385 is in the Pen and Ink Group, manuscripts, including Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.649, illustrated with pen drawings executed by the Gold Scrolls Group.
Script
cursive script
Language
Latin and Dutch
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