Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Speculum humanae salvationis [German] Spiegel menschlicher behaltnuss [folio 14].
Call Number
D West 43/GC101/Box 02/Normal GA 2005.00023
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcfb494n84n
Publisher
Augsburg : [s.n.], 1476/08/09.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1476
Extent
1 item
Source Acquisition
Gift of The Hunt Corporation.
References
Goff S663
H 14942*
Schr 5275
BSB-Ink S-510
GW M43012
ISTC No. is00663000
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Unidentified Artist [illustrator]
Medium: Woodcuts
Depiction: The Annunciation.
Item description: Book leaf (f°); German text with one woodcut illustration. Only the Newberry Library and Morgan Library have this book in the USA.
Provenance: Formerly collected by the Hunt Corporation and on display in the corporation's Philadelphia offices. Given to the Princeton University Library's Graphic Arts Collection in 2004.
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Illustration of books—Germany—15th century—Specimens
Angels in art
German literature—15th century—Illustrations
Religious art
Christian art and symbolism
Bible. N.T. Gospels—Illustrations
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint—Annunciation—Art
Leaves (gathered matter).
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
3

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8cbd5e5a-e665-4457-96ee-18221735ed1b/manifest