Speculum Humanæ Salvationis
author
J. Ph. Berjeau
(Ballon, 1809 - 1891, London)
printer
C. J. Stewart
(active London, 19th century)
Date1861
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions32 x 24.5 x 1.5 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.2.22
eMuseum ID721757
TMS Source ID29176
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionlxxii, 33, [1] p., facsim.: 64 numb. ?. 32 cm.Status
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Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil in Charles Eliot Norton's hand (inside front cover, center): Leaf of a Ms. Speculum laid in at last leaf of / the volume. / The ms. leaf was bought by me in 1878 from the / library of Mr. W.J. Medlicott of Longmeadow.
ProvenanceNotesIn the collection of American wool merchant William Gibbons Medlicott (1816-1883), Longmeadow, Massachusetts from around 1861-1878.
Purchased by the American author, social critic, and professor of art history at Harvard, Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) from Medlicott between 23 August and 7 September 1878.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton with a leaf from a Biblia pauperum manuscript (ARC.010590) for $500 in 1904.
Purchased by the American author, social critic, and professor of art history at Harvard, Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) from Medlicott between 23 August and 7 September 1878.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton with a leaf from a Biblia pauperum manuscript (ARC.010590) for $500 in 1904.
J. Pearson & Co.
1922
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