Giovanni is the founder of Facsimile Finder. He's the only true responsible for every fault we have, so feel free to blame him if you have reasons to hate this website. If you love this project, though, feel free to send him muffins, or chocolate bonbons, or the first tasty thing you have at hand.
“Whatever you do, do it with passion” is the mantra that guided Manfred Kramer during his entire life, and his heritage still lives within the facsimile industry. He passed away on May 3rd, and this is my way of remembering him.
Once upon a time only dukes, popes, and princesses could hold a priceless artifact like the Boccaccio’s Decameron in their hands. Today, facsimiles allow you to leaf through them — well, at least virtually! So what are you waiting for?
How challenging is it to produce a papyrus facsimile? In this interview, CM Editores tell us all about how they managed to replicate a two-millennia-old treasure that merges ancient Egyptian figurative art and afterlife beliefs: the Papyrus Ani.
You have probably heard of the Bedford Hours; many questions about this manuscript remain unanswered, so why not take the time to find out what mysteries linger on this beautifully illuminated codex?
The ten surviving folios of the Sacramentary of Beauvais are the most striking portions of an 11th-century French liturgical manuscript, in which precious metals mingle with elaborate human figures on intense purple backgrounds.
One of the most important manuscript commissioned by Charlemagne to celebrate his Empire, the Godescalc Evangelistary is available in a special library facsimile edition.
Once upon a time only dukes, popes, and princesses could hold a priceless artifact like the Vergilius Vaticanus in their hands. Today, facsimiles allow you to leaf through them — well, at least virtually! So what are you waiting for?
Once upon a time only dukes, popes, and princesses could hold a priceless artifact like the Harmonia Macrocosmica in their hands. Today, facsimiles allow you to leaf through them — well, at least virtually! So what are you waiting for?
The Parker Library at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge holds a treasure of the English Gothic style, made in medieval London and shimmering with tooled gold and kaleidoscopic colors.
Dear fellow book lovers, why don’t you “Take a Break from the Present” and watch us leaf through illuminated manuscripts from past centuries? Let’s start with the Lindisfarne Gospels, one of the series’ highlights. If you want to know more about this manuscript, read on!