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Speculum Humane Saluacionis, written in the first half of the 15th cent.

'Incipit speculum humane saluacionis | In quo patet casus hominis & modus reparacionis', in rhyming rhythmical verse: beg. 'In hoc speculo potest homo considerare.' Each page contains about 52 lines with two pen-and-ink drawings, slightly coloured, generally representing an antitype and type from the New and Old Testaments: and each leaf usually forms one of the 45 chapters. A 'tabula' (index) and 'prohemium' precede the text with some miscellaneous matter, and Douce has added many…
Collection: Douce Manuscripts
Shelfmark: MS. Douce 204
Extents: 7 leaves, in double columns
Dates: written in the first half of the 15th cent.