Facsimile Editions: Our Insider Tips
With more than 1,200 different facsimiles of medieval manuscripts, you cannot know them all. Yet, we do! That is why you will find a selection of facsimiles here, which may not be the focus of the "normal" facsimile collector, but which you should still take a look at - it's worth it!
The beginning of a new era in illumination: masterful, full-page miniatures in an abundantly illuminated book of hours
Paris or Angers (France) — 1430–1435
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Created by one of the greatest masters of English illumination: seven parchment fragments of a lost masterpiece by William de Brailes
Oxford (United Kingdom) — ca. 1240
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Masterful, colored copperplates and woodcuts by Sebald Beham, the student of Albrecht Dürer illustrate each of the 400+ pages that illustrate this picture Bible
Frankfurt am Main (Germany) — 1551
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Large format and in color: a fascinating insight into the medicine of the 16th century with 71 realistic anatomical representations of the human body
Italy — 1565–1589
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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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With letters from Jacques de Molay and the Templar Rule: a unique collection of documents on the richest, most powerful, and mysterious order of knights in history
12th century – early 13th century
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Each individual Psalm meticulously detailed and accurately illustrated: the most richly illuminated Psalter of the Carolingian era, which has survived to the present day
Scriptorium at St. Germain-des-Prés (Paris, France) — 820–830
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Created for King François I of France: the veneration of the Blessed Virgin in large and splendid Renaissance miniatures
France — 1548
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Each page illustrated: 231 scenes from the Old and New Testaments, embedded in the bustle and impressive architecture of medieval London
London (United Kindgom) — ca. 1327–1335
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The most important archaeological find of the 20th century: the famous scrolls with 2,000 years old texts from the Bible
West Bank — ca. 120 BC – AD 70
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Illuminated by various masters of book art: Virgil's three major works in a splendidly illustrated manuscript from the 15th century
Rome and Naples (Italy) — Between 1470–1499
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