<p>British Library London, Cotton MS Nero D.iv<br />This is the oldest translation of the Gospels from Latin into Old English. Mediterranean and Celtic cultural influences blend into a unique and rich masterpiece, which laid the foundation for the…
<p>Einmalig für seine Zeit ist die Fülle des Bilderzyklus, der das vollständige Leben Jesu in Gold und leuchtenden Farben illustriert. Die durchgehend goldene Schrifttextur und meist auf Goldgrund gemalte Miniaturen machen den Codex Aureus zu einem…
<p>This opulent example of Ottonian book illustration was made around 1020 in direct competition to the Pericopes book of the ruler Henry II. The Salzburg illustrators combined byzantine elements with influences from the Regensburg and Reichenau…
<p>The most precious medieval Book of Hours and a crowning achievement of Parisian book painting, this manuscript originates from the early 15<sup>th</sup> century. The elaborate decoration, the understanding of perspectives and their depiction, and…
<p>Ein Buch so eindrucksvoll wie die kaiserliche Krone</p><p><i>Bavarian State Library, Munich, Clm 4456</i></p><p>Henry II, later to become Emperor, ordered this sacramentary, one of the most important manuscripts of the Middle Ages, to be made.…
<p>The Theuerdank edition from the printing works of Hans Schönsperger in Augsburg, appointed by Maximilian himself as Imperial Court printer for life, is among the most significant works of German Renaissance art. The masterly woodcut illustrations…
<p>This monumental chart is among the greatest and finest works of 16<sup>th</sup>-century cartography. It shows the entire course of the River Rhine and the adjacent regions in landscape format. Countless place names, different coats of arms and…
<p>Written between 1215 and 1218 for the landgrave Hermann of Thuringia, Willehalm constitutes the significant later work of Wolfram, the greatest poet of the Staufer period. The small number of partly fragmentary single pages that remain were…