{"id":7833,"date":"2019-12-05T12:44:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T11:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=7833"},"modified":"2019-12-13T11:56:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T10:56:35","slug":"mirror-human-salvation-medieval-bestseller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/mirror-human-salvation-medieval-bestseller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mirror of Human Salvation: A Medieval Bestseller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.49.30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.49.30-750x301.png\" alt=\"Detail of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis by CM Editores\" class=\"wp-image-7951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.49.30-750x301.png 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.49.30-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.49.30-768x308.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, <strong>CM Editores<\/strong> will delight manuscript enthusiasts by making one of the most widely-circulated medieval books available for purchase as a facsimile. The codex, kept under lock and key in the <strong>National Library of Spain<\/strong> in Madrid, encloses <strong>over 250 miniatures<\/strong> and dozens of lines of rhyming <strong>Latin<\/strong> text in <strong>Gothic<\/strong> style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The Speculum Humanae Salvationis is among the most frequent books found as an<strong> illuminated manuscript<\/strong> in the Middle Ages, and was also published in the form of <strong>blockbook<\/strong> and <strong>incunabulum<\/strong> in later centuries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, the author remains unknown. For many decades the work was attributed to <strong>Vincent of Beauvais<\/strong> (c. 1184\/1194 \u2013 c. 1264) a French Dominican friar at the monastery of <strong>&nbsp;Royaumont Abbey<\/strong> in the north of France, because traits of the Dominican spirituality were found in the text. Today, a large part of scholars identifies <strong>Ludolph of Saxony<\/strong> (c. 1295 \u2013 1378) as the author. Ludolph, a German Roman Catholic theologian, is best known for his <strong>Vita Christi<\/strong> (<em>Life of Christ<\/em>), which contains text portions that mirror exactly the <strong>Speculum Humanae Salvationis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.49.54-750x751.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.49.54-750x751.png\" alt=\"Detail of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis by CM Editores\" data-id=\"7948\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/mirror-human-salvation-medieval-bestseller\/schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11-49-54\/\" class=\"wp-image-7948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.49.54-750x751.png 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.49.54-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.49.54-768x769.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.50.14-750x750.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.50.14-750x750.png\" alt=\"Detail of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis by CM Editores\" data-id=\"7949\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/mirror-human-salvation-medieval-bestseller\/schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11-50-14\/\" class=\"wp-image-7949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.50.14-750x750.png 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.50.14-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Schermata-2019-12-13-alle-11.50.14-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mirrors of Human Salvation continued to be made all over Europe until the sixteenth century. Around 1330, the <strong>Benedictine Abbey of Kremsm\u00fcnster<\/strong>, Austria, crafted the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"first bilingual version (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-facsimile-edition\" target=\"_blank\">first bilingual version<\/a><\/strong> with Latin and abridged German text. The characters are left in the same hue as the parchment and contrast with the <strong>red or blue backgrounds<\/strong>, creating a sort of <strong>medieval picture Bible<\/strong>. About a century later, an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-in-einsiedeln-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>unusually lavish version<\/strong><\/a>, with 176 colored pen-and-ink drawings resembling <strong>copper engravings<\/strong>, appeared in <strong>France<\/strong> or the <strong>Netherlands<\/strong>. The manuscript, preserved in the <strong>Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland<\/strong>, features astonishing borders decorated with <strong>abundant foliage<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hl aligncenter\"><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span>The genre was so popular that <strong>over 350 manuscripts<\/strong> \u2013 in Latin alone \u2013 have survived until nowadays. Below are two examples:<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\"> ms. Vit.25-7 <\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-in-einsiedeln-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\"> Cod. 206 <\/a><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-04-1-750x566.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-04-1-750x566.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis by Edilan\" data-id=\"7862\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/mirror-human-salvation-medieval-bestseller\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-facsimile-edition-04-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-7862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-04-1-750x566.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-04-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-04-1-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-04-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-facsimile-edition-N1-750x566.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-facsimile-edition-N1-750x566.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis in Einsiedeln by Quaternio Verlag\" data-id=\"7875\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/mirror-human-salvation-medieval-bestseller\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-facsimile-edition-n1\/\" class=\"wp-image-7875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-facsimile-edition-N1-750x566.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-facsimile-edition-N1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-facsimile-edition-N1-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/speculum-humanae-salvationis-facsimile-edition-N1.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of <strong>Speculum literature<\/strong> \u2013 <em>speculum<\/em> is Latin for &#8220;mirror&#8221; \u2013 was to provide readers with a summary of Christian doctrine, while proving the connection between the <strong>Old and New Testaments<\/strong>, according to the Medieval theory of <strong>typology<\/strong>. Speculum manuscripts were <strong>highly structured<\/strong>: each chapter was contained in a two-page opening with <strong>four columns<\/strong>, the first one dedicated to an episode from the Old Testament, and the remaining three to related events from the New Testament, thus testifying to the <strong>consequentiality of the Bible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-N.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-N-750x428.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Speculum Humanae Salvationis by Edilan\" class=\"wp-image-7874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-N-750x428.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-N-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-N-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Speculum-Humanae-Salvationis-facsimile-edition-N.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the centuries, the Latin word &#8220;speculum&#8221; was used for written works on the most diverse realms of life: <strong>alchemy<\/strong> (<em>Speculum alchimiae<\/em>), <strong>law<\/strong> (<em>Speculum iuris<\/em>), <strong>religion<\/strong> (<em>Speculum ecclesiae<\/em>), and even <strong>satire<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Speculum stultorum<\/em>, the &#8220;Mirror of fools&#8221;, written by <strong>Nigel de Longchamps<\/strong> in 12th-century England. Speculum manuscripts were so rich in <strong>religious scenes<\/strong> they served as <strong>models<\/strong> for illustrators looking for <strong>inspiration<\/strong> when designing <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/search\/theme\/10-Private-Devotional-Books-Book-of-Hours-Prayerbooks-Psalters-etc\/term\/book%20of%20hours\" target=\"_blank\">books of hours<\/a><\/strong>, another very popular genre of <strong>Christian literature<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a peek at an upcoming facsimile, disclosed at the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair: the Speculum Humanae Salvationis, one of the most popular illustrated works of the Middle 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