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The Book of Bibles
Dive into a selection of 50 medieval biblical manuscripts, among the most remarkable for their historical richness and sacred value. Created in collaboration with the Austrian National Library, this work spans the entire Middle Ages and highlights the evolution of the biblical text as well as the cultural and spiritual transformations of this long period.
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- Author: Andreas Fingernagel, Christian Gastgeber, Stephan Füssel
- Publication date: January 2024
- Size: 15.6cm x 21.7cm
- Weight: 1.16g
- ISBN: 978-3-8365-9144-7
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The Book of Bibles, published by Taschen editions, offers an immersion into fifty of the most remarkable medieval biblical manuscripts preserved to this day. Created in collaboration with the Austrian National Library, the work highlights pieces of great historical and artistic richness. Each manuscript showcases illumination, calligraphy, and layout work revealing the importance given to the sacred text over the centuries.
A journey through the Middle Ages
The book spans the entire Middle Ages and shows how the biblical text evolved according to political, cultural, and spiritual contexts. Stylistic variations, iconographic choices, and technical innovations reflect the transformations of a long and complex era. Through these manuscripts, the reader discovers the diversity of European scriptural traditions.
A richly illustrated edition
Thanks to high-quality reproductions, this volume offers privileged access to rarely seen works. The details of the illuminations, the fineness of the gilding, and the precision of the initials appear clearly, allowing appreciation of the artistic dimension as well as the religious significance of these manuscripts. A carefully crafted edition, intended for lovers of history, sacred art, and written heritage.
Andreas Fingernagel is an art historian and a recognized specialist in medieval manuscripts. Long a curator at the Austrian National Library, he has devoted much of his research to illumination, the transmission of biblical texts, and medieval liturgical books. He is the author of numerous reference works on Western and Byzantine manuscripts.
Christian Gastgeber is a philologist and researcher specializing in Byzantine studies and the Greek manuscript tradition. Also affiliated with the Austrian National Library, his work focuses on the transmission of ancient texts, the history of libraries, and medieval scholarly culture, with particular attention to Greek and Eastern manuscripts.
Stephan Füssel is a book historian and emeritus professor at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. A specialist in the history of publishing, printing, and the dissemination of texts in Europe, he has published numerous works dedicated to ancient books, manuscripts, and the birth of Western print culture.
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