Bifolio from a copy of Speculum Humanae Salvationis
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, heavily trimmed on all four sides and corners cut off, c.162 – 248 x 128 – 220 (c.225 x 190) mm, 2 columns, 20 – 24 extant lines, ruled in brown.
CONTENTS: Speculum Humanae Salvationis, ch. XXIX.3 – XXXI.2.
DECORATION: Eight framed miniatures, approximately a third of the original page size, drawn in ink, with green, red, brown, yellow and pink washes:
fol. 1r Samson and the Lion, Ehud kills Eglon; fol. 1v Virgin armed with Instruments of the Passion triumphs over devil, Judith kills Holofernes; fol. 2r Jael kills Sisera, Tomyris kills Cyrus; fol. 2v Harrowing of Hell, Moses leads Israelites out of Egypt.
ORNAMENTATION: Red penwork initial [I, 5 ll.] for the beginning of ch. XX (fol. 1v); red captions for images; capitals at the beginning of each verse highlighted in red.
History note: Edwin Henry Lawrence; his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 9 – 12 May 1892, part of lot 429; purchased by Bernard Quaritch; Samuel Sandars (1837 – 1894); his gift to the Museum, 1892.
Method of acquisition: Given (1892) by Sandars, Samuel
14th Century#
Circa
1330
CE
-
Circa
1360
CE
Support
composed of
parchment
Page
Height 162 mm
Width 220 mm
Text
Height 225 mm
Width 190 mm
Accession number: MS 203
Primary reference Number: 169745
Project ID: 92
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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