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Van den Proprieteyten der Dinghen (On the Properties of Things) (De proprietatibus rerum)
The rare earliest Dutch edition of the De proprietatibus rerum, a fourteenth-century encyclopedia, was published by Haarlem's first printer, Jakob Bellaert (active late fifteenth century). Each section of the book in The Walters' copy is illustrated with a full-page, carefully hand-colored woodcut.
Exhibitions
| 2010-2011 | Beasts on Parchment: Picturing Animals in Medieval Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Haarlem (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: H: 10 5/8 × W: 8 5/8 × D: 4 1/8 in. (27 × 21.9 × 10.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
91.168
