A Medieval Mirror: Speculum humanae salvationis, 1324-1500
by Wilson, Adrian; Wilson, Joyce Lancaster
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520051947
- ISBN 13
- 9780520051942
- Seller
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Kraków, Poland
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About This Item
University of California Press, 1984 4to (35 cm), 230 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. From the blurb: 'The Speculum humanae salvationis', or 'Mirror of Human Salvation,' occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts, in bookblock editions of the mid 15-th century, and in sixteen later incunabula. The popularity of the medieval typological system, in which events of the Gospels are prefigured in the Old Testament, reached its zenith in the 'Speculum', and more than 300 manuscripts survived. The authors have provided lavishly illustrated accounts of the manuscripts and included reproductions of 116 woodcuts of the bookblooks, accompanied by a description of the typography and production and an interpretation of each scene.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006115
- Title
- A Medieval Mirror: Speculum humanae salvationis, 1324-1500
- Author
- Wilson, Adrian; Wilson, Joyce Lancaster
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0520051947
- ISBN 13
- 9780520051942
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, Ca
- Date Published
- 1984
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Illuminated manuscripts;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Biblio member since 2019
Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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