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Book/Printed Material Speculum Virginum.

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About this Item

Title

  • Speculum Virginum.

Summary

  • This manuscript, written at the Cistercian abbey of Himmerode in Germany in the early 13th century, is one of 22 surviving Latin copies of the Speculum virginum (Mirror for virgins). Attributed to Conrad of Hirsau, the text was written in the first half of the 12th century as a guide for nuns, offering them theological lessons in the form of a hypothetical conversation between a teacher, Peregrinus, and his student, Theodora. The 12 illustrations in the manuscript portray the protagonists as well as the mystical visions and diagrams they discuss in the text. The large, expressive pen drawings bring the text to life and are an excellent example of German art of this period.

Names

  • Conradus, Hirsaugiensis, approximately 1070-approximately 1150 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1200 to 1250]

Headings

  • -  Germany--Rhineland Palatinate--Wittlich
  • -  1200 to 1250
  • -  Cistercians
  • -  Dialogues, Latin
  • -  Monastic and religious life
  • -  Nuns
  • -  Theology, Doctrinal

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Walters Ms. W.72"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 124 folios : parchment ; 22.8 x 31.2 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Walters Art Museum.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667953

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Credit Line: [Original Source citation], World Digital Library

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Chicago citation style:

Conradus, Hirsaugiensis, Approximately Approximately 1150 Author. Speculum Virginum. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1250, 1200] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021667953/.

APA citation style:

Conradus, H. (1200) Speculum Virginum. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1250] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021667953/.

MLA citation style:

Conradus, Hirsaugiensis, Approximately Approximately 1150 Author. Speculum Virginum. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1250, 1200] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021667953/>.