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| The marriage of Saras and Tobias, f. 10r. |
Colloquial name(s): Spiegel menschlicher gesuntheit (Mirror of Human Happiness)
Official name(s): Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Codices Palatini germanici 432
Date: 1420-30 (source)
Origin: Mittelrhein (Middle Rhine), Germany (source)
Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON
This manuscript consists of a copy of Konrad von Megenberg's moralistic work Speculum felicitatis humanæ ('Mirror of Human Happiness', or in German 'Spiegel menschlicher gesuntheit') (source and source). This copy is lavishly illustrated with single-column miniatures executed in pen-and-ink.
Basic descriptions of the illustrations are provided (in German) by the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg with both facsimiles.
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