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Book/Printed Material Paupers' Bible. Biblia pauperum

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Title

  • Paupers' Bible.

Other Title

  • Biblia pauperum

Summary

  • The name commonly given to this work, Biblia pauperum (Paupers' Bible), does not reflect the true importance of this outstanding manuscript, which might be said to contain the summa of the religious knowledge of its time. The work was commissioned, together with another remarkable manuscript of the Rule of Saint Benedict, by Abbot Petrus I of the Benedictine Abbey of Metten in Bavaria and was completed in 1414--15. To carry out his demanding program of manuscript creation, the abbot engaged artists of note, who were well versed in the tradition of Bohemian illumination. The colored line drawings are without equal among contemporary works from southern Germany. Text and drawings blend into a single entity. The many important texts in the manuscript include: the "figured poem" De laudibus sanctae crucis (In honor of the Holy Cross) by Rabanus Maurus (died, 856); the Biblia pauperum itself, the novel pictorial style of which sets it apart from other such works; and the treatise De sacro altaris mysterio (Concerning the sacred mystery of the altar) by Pope Innocent III (died, 1216), with its 43 allegorical figures and circular schemata. The Gospels at the beginning of the manuscript, together with the fine binding into the covers of which relics of saints are incorporated, form a plenary reliquary. The manuscript belongs to the Bavarian State Library in Munich, Germany.

Names

  • Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216 Contributor.
  • Petrus I, Abbot of Metten Associated Name.
  • Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856 Contributor.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1414 to 1415]

Headings

  • -  Germany--Bavaria--Metten
  • -  1414 to 1415
  • -  Bible
  • -  Catholic Church
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Liturgies
  • -  Poetry
  • -  Saints

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Also known as the "Mettener Armenbibel".|BSB shelfmark Clm 8201."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 107 sheets, parchment : illustrations ; 48.5 x 35 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

  • 2021667772

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Innocent Iii, Pope, 1160 Or 61-1216 Contributor, Abbot Of Metten Associated Name Petrus I, and Archbishop Of Mainz Rabanus Maurus. Paupers' Bible. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1415, 1414] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667772/.

APA citation style:

Innocent Iii, P., Petrus I, A. O. M. A. N. & Rabanus Maurus, A. O. M. (1414) Paupers' Bible. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1415] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667772/.

MLA citation style:

Innocent Iii, Pope, 1160 Or 61-1216 Contributor, Abbot Of Metten Associated Name Petrus I, and Archbishop Of Mainz Rabanus Maurus. Paupers' Bible. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1415, 1414] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667772/>.