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OVERSIZE 745.67 IN |
| Phys. Description |
415 pages : color illustrations ; 38 cm |
| Note |
At head of title: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-407) and index. |
| Contents |
Bible production in medieval monasteries / Stephan Füssel -- From royal collection to national library : the manuscripts and their provenance / Andreas Fingernagel -- pt. 1. Textual traditions and editorial revisions : Bibles from their beginnings to the standardized Bibles of the 13th century. Torah, Haphtaroth, megilloth / Clemens Leonhard -- Vienna Genesis ; Greek gospels and Praxapostolos / Christian Gastgeber -- Greek Gospel book (fragment) ; Rufinus, Commentary on Genesis ; Tours Bible (fragment) ; Carolingian Bible (also known as the Rado Bible) ; Giant Bible from Nonnberg (fragment) ; Giant Bible of St. Florian (fragment) / Friedrich Simader -- Parisian pocket Bible / Christine Beier -- Bologna Bible / K.-G. Pfändtner -- pt. 2. Magnificence and grandeur : luxury Bible manuscripts. Admont Giant Bible ; Lilenfeld Bible ; Krems Bible / A. Fingernagel -- The Wenceslas Bible ; Korczek Bible / M. Thiesen -- Upper Italian Bible ; Neapolitan luxury Bible / K.-G. Pfändtner -- Eberler Bible / C. Beier -- Luxury Bible by Ulrich Schreier / K.-G. Pfändtner. |
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Utrecht luxury Bible / C. Beier -- pt. 3. Biblical exegesis from the church fathers to scholasticism. St Jerome, Commentaries on the Bible / K.-G. Pfändtner -- Opus imperfectum in Mattheum ; The venerable Bede, Commentary on St Mark's gospel ; Rupert of Deutz, Commentary on the Apocalypse / F. Simader -- Honorius Augustodunensis, Commentary on the Song of Songs / V. Pirker-Aurenhammer -- Pseudo-Joachim of Fiore, Commentary on Isaiah / Martin Wagendorfer -- Peter Lombard, Collectanea in epistolas Pauli / C. Gastgeber -- Peter Comestor, Historia scholastica ; St Thomas of Aquinas, Catena aurea (on St Luke) ; Nicholas of Lyra, Postilla litteralis / M. Wagendorfer -- Ludolf of Saxony, Life of Christ, K.-G. Pfändtner -- pt. 4. Medieval versions of history in world chronicles and history Bibles. Genealogy of Christ / A. Fingernagel -- Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César / V. Pirker-Aurenhammer -- History Bible / K. Hranitzky. |
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History Bible of Evert van Soudenbalch / U. Jenni -- pt. 5. The juxtaposition of the Old and New Testaments in typological picture Bibles. Bibles moralisées / C. Beier -- Biblia pauperum ; Krumau picture Bible / U. Jenni -- Biblia pauperum ; Speculum humanae salvationis / V. Pirker-Aurenhammer -- pt. 6. Bible manuscripts of the Jewish and Eastern Orthodox faiths. Hebrew Pentateuch with Haphtaroth ; Greek Gospel book / K.-G. Pfändtner -- Greek gospels and Praxapostolos / C. Gastgeber -- Slavonic liturgical Apostolos ; Slavonic liturgical gospel book / M. Popovič -- Syriac gospel book / Clemens Leonhard -- Armenian gospel book / M.K. Krikorian, G. Pinkava, C. Gastgeber -- Ethiopic gospel book / S. Procházka -- Arabic gospel book ; Mahmûd ibn Ramadân, Rosary of tidings / s. Rumpf-Dorner. |
| Summary |
In the beginning was the word, and the Middle Ages was the zenith of the Bible. This work presents the Bible as it was visualized in both theological and historical contexts. Sacred manuscripts are also examined from an art historical point of view. |
| Subject |
Bible -- Illustrations.
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
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Geïllustreerde handschriften. gtt
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Bijbels. gtt
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| Alt Author |
Fingernagel, Andreas.
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Gastgeber, Christian.
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Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
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| ISBN |
382283064X (cloth) |
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9783822830642 (cloth) |
| Marc |
012868247 Uk |
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