Facsimile Editions: New Publications
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A unique insight into the mystical experience of faith and the way of thinking of an educated woman of the late Middle Ages: enigmatic texts and opulent illuminations on almost every page designed for private meditation
Quaternio Verlag Luzern – Luzern, 2025
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A psalterium aureum from the Carolingian period for the famous monastery of St. Gall: probably created in the circle of King Louis the German, written almost entirely in gold and decorated with purple scenes from the life of King David
Quaternio Verlag Luzern – Luzern, 2024
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The ancient starry sky in a richly decorated, splendid Carolingian manuscript: The marvelous constellations of Aratos of Soloi in 42 opulent miniatures of luminous colors and radiant gold
PIAF – Madrid, 2023
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In honor of an emperor and father: Charles V's sumptuous funeral procession in Brussels, orchestrated by his son Philip II and preserved for posterity in 34 masterful copperplate engravings
PIAF – Madrid, 2023
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In the spirit of the frescoes recently created by Giotto in Padua: a unique picture Bible at the transition from late Gothic to early Renaissance with over 500 virtuoso miniatures
Quaternio Verlag Luzern – Lucerne, 2023
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Isidore of Seville's "Book of Wheels" in a intriguing Carolingian anthology: ancient knowledge of the time, the world and the stars in more than 60 colorful diagrams and miniatures
PIAF – Madrid, 2023
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A literary bestseller as political propaganda for the emperor of Trapezunt: Alexios' III staging as successor and heir of Alexander the Great in one of the finest Byzantine manuscripts ever
Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini – Venice, 2022
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Siamese twins, hybrids and "monsters": On the biological causes of physical malformations of humans and animals as a link between medieval conceptions of nature and modern science
Siloé, arte y bibliofilia – Burgos, 2022
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A splendid astronomical manuscript for King Ferdinand I of Naples or his son: Ancient mythology and the astronomy of Aratos of Soloi in 40 beautiful, gold-adorned Renaissance miniatures by Matteo Felice
Müller & Schindler – Simbach am Inn, 2022
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Golden stars and mythical figures in a magnificent star catalog for the personal use of the Prince of Samarkand: Ulug Beg's copy of Al-Sufi's impressively precise 10th-century masterpiece of astronomy
Müller & Schindler – Simbach am Inn, 2022
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One of the most beautiful works of the Middle Ages and an English national treasure: 374 miniatures of the English Gothic style, often adorned with gold, and 464 bas-de-page scenes of mythical creatures and everyday life of the nobility
Quaternio Verlag – Lucerne, 2022
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Commissioned by Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi at the notoriously lavish papal court in Avignon: The Legend of St. George, Slayer of the Dragon
Belser Verlag – Stuttgart, 2020
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Created in Hildesheim and still in perfect condition today: one of the most beautifully illuminated examples of Romanesque illumination in Germany
Quaternio Verlag Luzern – Lucerne, 2020
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Made for the imperial aspirations of the English king: the magnificent luxury atlas of Henry VIII created by the famous Venetian cartographer Battista Agnese
Belser Verlag – Stuttgart, 2020
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France's only saint to sit on the throne: 48 large and masterful miniatures from the life of King Louis the Saint, King of France
Siloé, arte y bibliofilia – Burgos, 2020
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God as the architect of the world with compass in hand: a unique masterpiece with 1,000 golden medallions, not only famous for its opening miniature
Imago – Castel Guelfo, 2020
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Jean Poyer's masterpiece commissioned by the cardinal and finance minister of the French king: 25 splendid miniatures like panel paintings in one of the most beautiful books of hours of the French Renaissance
Quaternio Verlag Luzern – Lucerne, 2020
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Made in Edessa as a gift for the Pope's consecration to Rome: one of the few surviving examples of Armenian book illumination
Imago – Castel Guelfo, 2020
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Health tips and nutritional advice from the 15th century: a colorfully illuminated calendar manuscript as a guide through everyday life in the Middle Ages
Quaternio Verlag Luzern – Lucerne, 2020
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Golden miniatures as harbingers of the Gothic: a late Romanesque manuscript in the "Channel Style" for the Brandenburg Cathedral treasury glowing with gold and silver
Quaternio Verlag Luzern – Lucerne, 2020
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