English
from the Abbey of Great Missenden
Speculum Humanae Salvationis
INV-8621
English
from the Abbey of Great Missenden1382/1406
Speculum Humanae Salvationis
English from the Abbey of Great Missenden
medievalpen and ink drawingsmanuscript
Date
1382/1406
Medium
Manuscript with 111 folios and many drawings in pen and brown and red inks, a few with tempera, and some traced in graphite, with other decorations and Latin inscriptions in Anglicana formata in brownish black and red ink, ruled in red, on vellum, bound in oak boards with worn sheepskin covers, missing chain and clasps from upper cover
Dimensions
26 × 18.5 cm (10 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Black Fund Income
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