Walters Ms. W.149, Two leaves from the Mirror of human salvation Speculum Humanae Salvationis Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Cataloger Mednyanszky, Orsolya Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Joyal, Stephanie Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Dutschke, Consuelo Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Hamburger, Jeffrey Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This a fragment of a manuscript that was made in Germany in the late fourteenth century. It was part of a brightly illuminated copy of a popular anonymous treatise called the Speculum humanae salvationis, or Mirror of human salvation, in which events of the Old Testament were compared to those of the New. In this example, as was often the case, each column is headed by a miniature. These pages were reused as a wrapper for a book at some later time. The ghosting of the book it adorned can still be seen in the dark, abraded portion that spans the two pages. By the nineteenth century, the value of the pages was recognized, and they were restored to their state as a bifolium. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.149 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1v - 2v Speculum Humanae Salvationis In praecedenti capitulo audivimus Fragmentary; contains Chapter 6 in full, and Chapter 7 to line 56 ("Rubus sustinuit ignem et non perdidit viriditatem")

Medium weight, cream-colored parchment with discoloration in center from reuse as book cover

 Foliation: 230.9 22.8 15.0 19.8 Pencil foliation "1" on first blank page in lower right corner

Bifolium None Since the text is continuous, this seems to have been the central bifolium of a quire

 Semi-formal cursive hybrid bookhand Six miniatures over three pages, with two side-by-side on the top half of each page, painted in green, red, and brown washes with silver accents; rubrics and image captions in red; text in black ink The Marriage of the Virgin and the Marriage of Sarah and Tobias Chapter 6 Column miniatures The Tower of Baris and The Tower of David Chapter 6 Column miniatures The Annunciation and Moses at the Burning Bush Chapter 7 Column miniatures Late 14th century CE Germany Originally part of a manuscript created in Germany, late fourteenth century Bifolium reused as wrapper for later book at an unknown place and time Franz Trau collection, Vienna, Austria, until 1905 Ludwig Rosenthal, purchased from Franz Trau, Munich, October 27-28, 1905, no. 82 for 920 kronens Leonardo Olschki, Italy, purchased from Ludwig Rosenthal, November 22, 1905 for 862.55 marks Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Olschki, no. 29361, for 1185 lire Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works Schwarz, Franz Joseph. Archive fuer christliche Kunst. Stuttgart: Kommissionsverlag "Deutsches volksblatt," 1884, pp. 87-88. Katalog der Bücher-Sammlung Franz Trau: Versteigerung Freitag, den 27. und Samstag, den 28. Oktober 1905. Vienna: Gilhofer and Ranschburg, 1905, pp. 28-29, no. 82, Plate IX De Ricci, Seymour. "Errata and Addenda." In Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 2. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1937, p. 2292 (ref. to p. 821, cat. no. 390). Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Judaism Talmud Collection of Sermons Notable Notable binding Textbook Scholarly compendium Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Literature Japanese Japan Nordic Scandinavia Catalog Dictionary Spanish Colonial Mexico Mayan Haggadah Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Treatise Christian German Drawing Illustration Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum Germany 14th century Theology