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Book/Printed Material The Six Books of the Hexaemeron (The Six Days) by Ambrose. Ambrosii hexaemeron libri VI

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Title

  • The Six Books of the Hexaemeron (The Six Days) by Ambrose.

Other Title

  • Ambrosii hexaemeron libri VI

Summary

  • In his Hexaemeron, Saint Ambrose treats the six days of creation. In this manuscript, written in the Benedictine monastery of Saint Emmeram in Ratisbon (present-day Regensburg), Bavaria, the six days are illustrated with full-page pen drawings; another representation of the creator resting on the seventh day concludes the cycle. Representations of the Hexaemeron appear from the late 11th century onwards as a new subject of Romanesque illumination, above all in Bibles or in liturgical works, such as choir books and missals. The Ratisbon school of illumination, responsible for this work of art, however, was famous for the illustration of elaborate theological themes, and, unsurprisingly, the cycle is here transmitted in an exegetical text. Its favorite medium was line drawing, which reached its highest point in Ratisbon in the 12th century. The drawings of the Hexaemeron are impressive in the monumentality of the representations, and in the delicate use of variously colored inks in red and violet or red and brown.

Names

  • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, died 397 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1100 to 1199]

Headings

  • -  Germany--Bavaria--Regensburg
  • -  1100 to 1199
  • -  Bible
  • -  Bible. Old Testament
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Miniatures (Illuminations)

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "BSB shelfmark: Clm 14399|This description of the work was written by Béatrice Hernad of the Bavarian State Library."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 183 leaves : parchment.
  • -  Original resource at: Bavarian State Library.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667976

Online Format

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  • pdf
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Chicago citation style:

Ambrose, Saint, Bishop Of Milan, Died 397 Author. The Six Books of the Hexaemeron The Six Days by Ambrose. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1199, 1100] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667976/.

APA citation style:

Ambrose, S. (1100) The Six Books of the Hexaemeron The Six Days by Ambrose. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1199] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667976/.

MLA citation style:

Ambrose, Saint, Bishop Of Milan, Died 397 Author. The Six Books of the Hexaemeron The Six Days by Ambrose. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1199, 1100] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667976/>.