Book/Printed Material Illustrated Readings on the Saints. Lectiones de Sanctis, cum picturis
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Title
- Illustrated Readings on the Saints.
Other Title
- Lectiones de Sanctis, cum picturis
Summary
- This Latin manuscript containing readings for the feast days of selected saints features ten illustrations by the noted German Renaissance painter Berthold Furtmeyr (active, 1460--1501). The illustrations are framed by initials from the text. For stylistic reasons, scholars have dated these illuminations with tendrils to the last decade of the 15th century and ascribed them to the Ratisbon (present-day Regensburg) artist and his studio. Furtmeyr and his followers were important contributors to the age-old Ratisbon School of Illumination. An artist of great renown, Furtmeyr illuminated many impressive works, including this manuscript, the Furtmeyr Bible, and the Salzburg feast missal in five volumes (all now at the Bavarian State Library in Munich, Germany), and many other works. In his works, the artist mastered the difficult task of successfully combining pictures, ornament, and text with great authority. Furtmeyr is famous for his handling of colors, his brightly shining illuminations, and the extreme diligence that marks his craftsmanship. Although he was still deeply rooted in the Middle Ages, his love of color, nocturnal scenes, and female nudes mark a transition to the Renaissance.
Names
- Furtmeyr, Berthold, flourished 1460-1501 Illuminator.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1400 to 1500]
Headings
- - Germany--Bavaria--Regensburg
- - 1400 to 1499
- - Illuminations
- - Lectionaries
- - Liturgies
- - Saints
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "BSB shelfmark: Clm 23024"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 129 sheets, parchment : illustrations ; 56.8 x 38.5 centimeters.
- - 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
- 2021667768
Online Format
- compressed data
- image