Facsimile Editions: Masterpieces of the Renaissance
The Renaissance in the age of humanism is closely associated with scientific achievements in astronomy, geography, medicine, and other disciplines. These are also reflected in art, which was additionally influenced by new possibilities of perspective representation as well as an ideal of the body based on antiquity. This development originated in Italy in the 15th century, where some of the most artistic and magnificent book treasures of the Renaissance were created, the most beautiful works of which you will find here.
Italian Renaissance art in filigree perfection: the wedding gift of Lorenzo the Magnificent to his eldest daughter Lucrezia
Florence (Italy) — 1485
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Each one of the 1,200 pages has been masterfully illuminated with incredible attention to detail: the grandiose climax of the Renaissance
Ferrara or Modena (Italy) — 1455–1461
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Created at the behest of the King of Aragon: splendidly glowing maps and nautical charts according to Claudius Ptolemy decorated with gold
Naples (Italy) — 15th century
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A Greek textbook for the oldest son of Lorenzo de’ Medici: Aesop’s Fables in Renaissance imagery
Florence (Italy) — ca. 1480
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For the Italian ancestors of the princes of Thurn and Taxis: a book treasure in a small format with a fascinating decorative cover
Milan (Italy) — 1490–1495
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A huge, two-volume masterpiece with grandiose miniature paintings: the luxury Bible for one of the richest princes of the Italian Renaissance
Florence (Italy) — 1476–1478
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Owned by the Renaissance prince Federico da Montefeltro: one of the finest illuminated editions of Dante's Divine Comedy
Italy — ca. 1480
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3 daughters, 3 wedding gifts: one of three almost identical illuminated manuscripts that Lorenzo the Magnificent commissioned for his three daughters
Florence (Italy) — Before 1492
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Created for the Medici, preserved today in two museums on two continents: masterly miniatures of the Dominican monk Fra Angelico on purple parchment
Florence (Italy) — Mid 15th century
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Careful calligraphy, ornate initials, and perfect pastel-colored miniatures: a Renaissance masterpiece on purple parchment
Italy — 15th century
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Created for Galeazzo Maria Sforza, the bibliophile Duke of Milan: Renaissance life in biblical images by Cristoforo de Predis
Milan (Italy) — 1476
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A masterpiece of the Renaissance: the wedding present from Lorenzo de’ Medici to his daughter Magdalena
Florence (Italy) — 1488
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By Cristoforo de Predis, the painter of Sforza and Visconti: one of the most beautiful astrological works of Renaissance illumination
Milan (Italy) — ca. 1470
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