Mirouer de la redemption de lumain lignage
August 26, 1478
Artist
Editor, French, active 15th century
Anonymous Artist (French/Swiss 15th Century), Julien Macho (translator and editor)
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 236 woodcut illustrations (from 232 blocks)
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Credit Line
New Century Fund and Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund
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Dimensions
book: 42 × 28.7 × 4.3 cm (16 9/16 × 11 5/16 × 1 11/16 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.182.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Contemporary rubrication, penwork initials a and d. Initial A on a2r contains an owner's coat-of-arms (unidentified). Arcana Foundation; purchased 2015 by NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on spine in ink: miroire / dela / Redemptio[n] / 1500; several undeciphered inscriptions inside lower cover, some erased, some faded