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A medieval mirror, Speculum humanae salvationis, 1324-1500
- Title
- A medieval mirror, Speculum humanae salvationis, 1324-1500 / Adrian Wilson & Joyce Lancaster Wilson.
- Author
- Wilson, Adrian.
- Publication
- Berkeley : The University of California Press, c1984.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFG 85-189 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | *KF+ 1984 86-160 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wilson, Joyce Lancaster, -1996.
- Description
- 229, [1] p., [14] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 35 cm.
- Summary
- The Speculum Humanae Salvationis, or "Mirror of Human Salvation," is the only medieval work that exists in illuminated manuscripts, in blockbook editions of the mid-fifteenth century, and in sixteen later incunabula. The authors have provided lavishly illustrated accounts of the manuscripts and included reproductions of all 116 woodcuts of the blockbooks, accompanied by a description of the typography and production and an interpretation of each scene. --Publisher description.
- Subjects
- Speculum humanae salvationis
- Books > Benelux countries > History > 1400-1600
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > Benelux countries
- Theology, Doctrinal > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500 > Bibliography
- Printing > Benelux countries > History
- Books > Benelux countries > History > 400-1400
- Scriptoria > Benelux countries
- Block books
- Typology (Theology) > Bibliography
- Illustrated books > History > 15th and 16th centuries
- Note
- "Designed by Adrian Wilson, San Francisco ... Printed and bound by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan"--P. [230].
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 218-221.
- Call Number
- *KF+ 1984 86-160
- ISBN
- 0520051947
- LCCN
- 83024273 //r862
- OCLC
- 10302067
- NYPG85-B45447
- Author
- Wilson, Adrian.
- Title
- A medieval mirror, Speculum humanae salvationis, 1324-1500 / Adrian Wilson & Joyce Lancaster Wilson.
- Imprint
- Berkeley : The University of California Press, c1984.
- Bibliography
- Bibliography: p. 218-221.
- Added Author
- Wilson, Joyce Lancaster, -1996.
- Research Call Number
- *KF+ 1984 86-160JFG 85-189