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Understanding illuminated manuscripts<\/h2>\n

Any facsimile edition<\/strong> would be incomplete without detailed scientific commentary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When Faksimile Verlag<\/strong> sets to create a facsimile of an illuminated manuscript<\/strong>, it always brings on board the world\u2019s most respected specialists for the task.<\/p>\n

It often takes a group effort – an interdisciplinary collaboration of scientists with different backgrounds – to produce a manuscript.<\/p>\n

Art historians, philologists, codicologists and palaeographers work together closely to bring out all details of a centuries-old luminous manuscript<\/strong> for the modern reader and observer to appreciate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Readers need to know the historical context manuscript to understand the forces that shaped a manuscript\u2019s creation. Who commissioned the books; who were their owners?<\/p>\n

Clear explanations<\/h2>\n

The editors and publishing house put a great deal of efforts in clarity. Every commentary<\/strong> has to be written in language easily understood even by an interested novice.<\/p>\n

The scientific texts address not only the researcher; they also cater for the collector and \u201caficionado\u201d, helping the \u2018layperson\u2019 to gain deeper insight into the texts and pictures.
\n\"Commentary<\/a>
\nThe articles are an exercise in art appreciation for the pictures and an adventure in reading appreciation for the texts.<\/p>\n

Every commentary volume<\/strong> also contains a precise codicological \u2013 that is, physical \u2013 description of the illuminated manuscript<\/strong> that validates the faithfulness and quality of the facsimile edition<\/strong> for readers.<\/p>\n

It summarises the treasured book\u2019s textual and pictorial content in clear, concise essays that also discuss all the physical attributes.<\/p>\n

And it deciphers the book\u2019s DNA f<\/strong>or the contemporary reader to grasp the significance of all the contents.<\/p>\n

The commentary<\/strong> bridges the divide across the centuries and explains attitudes and beliefs far removed from most contemporary mindsets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

World-class scientists<\/h2>\n

Faksimile Verlag\u2019s standards for commentary volumes<\/strong> are lofty indeed.<\/p>\n

To measure up to these great expectations, the publishing house cooperates with the world\u2019s top specialists.<\/p>\n

Its authors include Umberto Eco, Bernhard Meehan, Jonathan J.G. Alexander, Ellen J. Beer, Fran\u00e7ois Avril, Eberhard K\u00f6nig, Bernhard Bischoff, Florentine M\u00fctherich, Otto Mazal, James H. Marrow, Pieter F.J. Obbema, Johannes Duft, Gudolf Keil, Raymond Cazelles, Gerhard Schmidt, Dagmar Thoss, and Hermann Fillitz, to name just a few.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The list goes on and on, reading like an international directory of stellar scholars. It goes without saying that Faksimile Verlag<\/strong> entrusts experts to translate foreign-language texts into German.<\/p>\n

The publishing house strives for excellence in its facsimiles<\/strong> and will settle for nothing less in its commentary volumes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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