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Book of Miracles

Book of Miracles – Taschen Verlag – Private Collection

Augsburg (Germany) — After 1552

The (still) inexplicable wonders of the world in an artistic picture book from Augsburg: 169 fascinating gouache paintings by Hans Burgkmair the Younger and Heinrich Vogtherr the Younger

  1. The artistic picture book shows miraculous signs and phenomena based on the Old Testament, the Apocalypse and other sources

  2. Hans Burgkmair the Younger (1500–1562) and Heinrich Vogtherr the Younger (1513–1568) were responsible for the 169 gouache paintings

  3. The large, colorful images in black framings are accompanied by short, explanatory captions

Book of Miracles

Book of Miracles – Taschen Verlag – Private Collection
Book of Miracles – Taschen Verlag – Private Collection Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles
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Book of Miracles

Miraculous signs were already interpreted as signs of God in the Christian Middle Ages and have always fascinated people. Despite the emergence of humanism and the development towards modern natural sciences in the 16th century, the religious connotation of “miracles” remained. Miraculous phenomena and appearances were seen as part of the nature created by God. This can also be seen in the Augsburg Book of Miracles, which was created shortly after 1552. It contains 169 large gouache paintings with short, explanatory captions that artistically depict a wide variety of miracles – from unusual creatures such as multi-headed beasts, natural phenomena such as earthquakes and cosmic events such as solar eclipses to incredible stories from the Old Testament and St. John's Book of Revelation. The captivating images were painted by Hans Burgkmair the Younger (1500–1562)(1500-1562) and Heinrich Vogtherr the Younger (1513–1568), who were in some instances inspired by works by Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein the Younger and Sebald Beham.

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Alternative Titles
Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch
Le Livre des miracles
Augsburg Book of Miraculous Signs
Size / Format
384 pages / 21.5 × 33.0 cm
Origin
Germany
Date
After 1552
Language
German
Script
Gothic Hybrida
Illustrations
169 large gouache paintings with short captions
Content
"Picture book" of numerous miraculous signs occurring in the Old Testament (fols. 1-15), ancient, medieval, and early modern history (fols. 16-171), and the Apocalypse (fols. 172-192)
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Book of Miracles – Taschen Verlag – Private Collection
#1 The Book of Miracles
Taschen – Cologne, 2013
Facsimile Editions

#1 The Book of Miracles

Taschen – Cologne, 2013
Book of Miracles – Taschen Verlag – Private Collection
Book of Miracles – Taschen Verlag – Private Collection Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

Publisher: Taschen – Cologne, 2013
Binding: Facsimile and commentary volume are delivered together in a black case
Commentary: 1 volume (175 pp.) by Till-Holger Borchert, Joshua P. Waterman and Rebekka Elsäßer
Languages: English, German, French
Facsimile Copy Available!
Price Category: €€
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