{"id":956,"date":"2018-04-13T09:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T07:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=956"},"modified":"2017-11-14T14:02:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T12:02:54","slug":"flemish-burgundian-and-biblical-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/flemish-burgundian-and-biblical-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Flemish, Burgundian, and Biblical Art: the Story of Faksimile Verlag &#8211; part 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Flemish Book Painting<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Flemish book painting<\/strong> of the late period belongs among our finest and most revered legacies from the waning <strong>Middle Ages<\/strong>. So it was only right that soon <strong>Faksimile Verlag Luzern<\/strong> proceeded to take on these master works too. In June 1991, the facsimile edition of <a title=\"Simon Bening\u2019s Flowers Book of Hours\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/133\/simon-benings-flowers-book-of-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Simon Bening\u2019s Flowers Book of Hours<\/strong><\/a> had its debut in the <strong>Bayerische Staatsbibliothek<\/strong> in Munich.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BEN_11v.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1396\" title=\"Simon Bening\u2019s Flemish Calendar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BEN_11v.jpg\" alt=\"Illuminated page from Simon Bening\u2019s Flemish Calendar\" width=\"472\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BEN_11v.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BEN_11v-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simon Bening was able to realistically portray\u00a0the everyday life of the 16th century in his Flemish Calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attempt ventured to replicate the original cover with its enameled, gilded silver clasps studded with rubies for part of the edition, which meant having to make goldworking techniques part of the reproducing work. A first attempt along these lines had succeeded a few years earlier in copying <a title=\"Simon Bening\u2019s Flemish Calendar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/137\/simon-benings-flemish-calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Simon Bening\u2019s Flemish Calendar<\/strong><\/a> (also from <b>\u00a0Munich&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Bayerische Staatsbibliothek<\/strong><\/b>).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Flemish book painting\u00a0of the late period belongs among our finest and most revered legacies from the waning\u00a0Middle Ages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not long after, the <a title=\"Book of Drolleries - The Croy Hours\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/126\/book-of-drolleries-the-croy-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Croy Hours \u2013 Book of Drolleries<\/strong><\/a> from the <strong>\u00d6sterreichische Nationalbibliothek<\/strong> in Vienna, with its grotesques and drolleries reminiscent of <em>Hieronymus Bosch<\/em>, was presented in a facsimile edition. For this, the first signed book cover from the Middle Ages, made by <em>Ludwig Bloch<\/em>, was reproduced as a faithful replica for protecting the illuminated manuscript of the <strong>Ghent-Bruges school<\/strong>. Only part of the edition could also be fitted with clasps and fittings faithful to the original. These editions\u2019 deluxe version especially were always sold out immediately, proving that it made sense to combine the art of creating a facsimile with cover art. At that time, the publisher produced another special edition for <strong>CORON EXCLUSIV<\/strong> that sold out in a very short time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1397\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SSB_076v-G-S.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1397 \" title=\"Black Hours\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SSB_076v-G-S.jpg\" alt=\"Page fromt the Black Hours\" width=\"716\" height=\"1010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SSB_076v-G-S.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SSB_076v-G-S-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rarity book, and a tremendous challenge in the facsimile business are the few remaining Burgundian manuscripts made on black parchment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a title=\"Black Hours\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/119\/black-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Black Hours<\/strong> <\/a>in the <strong>Pierpont Morgan Library<\/strong>, New York, the only completely preserved, illuminated and illustrated <strong>Burgundian manuscript<\/strong> on black parchment, proves how fitting it is to furnish important illuminated manuscripts with precious bindings. The publisher decided to give the facsimile a cover like the one that appears repeatedly on dedication pictures in manuscripts for <strong>Philip the Good<\/strong> and <strong>Charles the Bold<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>By no means do these valuable editions yet close the chapter on <strong>Flemish book art<\/strong> for Faksimile Verlag. Projects are continually put on the drawing board and their feasibility examined in detail against the high standards that Faksimile Verlag has set for itself.<\/p>\n<h2>Book Art at the Burgundian Court<\/h2>\n<p>One of the publishing program\u2019s curiosities is a small <strong>illuminated manuscript<\/strong> that was probably intended to accompany the <strong>Duke of Burgundy<\/strong>, Philip the Good, in his travel luggage. <a title=\"Book Altar of Philip the Good\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/80\/book-altar-of-philip-the-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Book Altar of Philip the Good<\/strong><\/a> is a unicum in the history of books. The binding in this case also turned into a challenge for the craftsmen. The diptych together with the manuscript is lined by an ornamented cover made of leather-covered, wooden panels connected by sturdy hinges: it is the <strong>facsimile<\/strong> as a book object, like the original housed in Vienna\u2019s <strong>\u00d6sterreichische Nationalbibliothek<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BAL_offen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1398 \" title=\"Book Altar of Philip the Good\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BAL_offen.jpg\" alt=\"The Book Altar of Philip the Good\" width=\"562\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BAL_offen.jpg 562w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BAL_offen-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Book Altar of Philip the Good, today in the \u00d6sterreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Vienna, Austria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a stimulating, cross-fertilizing collaboration with <strong>CORON<\/strong> and <strong>M\u00fcller und Schindler<\/strong> publishing houses, one of the most intimate and personal prayer books of the Middle Ages, created for Philip the Good\u2019s granddaughter, was made accessible for the first time: the <strong>Berlin Book of Hours of Maria of Burgundy and Emperor Maximilian<\/strong> from the <strong>Kupferstichkabinet<\/strong>t in Berlin, which is among the most enchanting manuscripts of <strong>Flemish origins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On a host of miniatures and splendid ornamental frames, its pages document a love that, despite its tragic ending, was unique for the Middle Ages and laid the milestone of a new world order.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KDK_Stimmung44_45.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1399\" title=\"Prayer Book of Charles the Bold\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KDK_Stimmung44_45-1024x1423.jpg\" alt=\"The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KDK_Stimmung44_45-1024x1423.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KDK_Stimmung44_45-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KDK_Stimmung44_45.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold is a valuable Burgundian treasure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We can thank the <strong>Vienna Master of Maria of Burgundy<\/strong>, as he would be called later, for the personal <a title=\"Prayer Book of Charles the Bold\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/118\/prayer-book-of-charles-the-bold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Prayer Book of Charles the Bold<\/strong><\/a> (today in the <strong>Getty Museum<\/strong>, Los Angeles). It is one of the most <strong>important manuscripts<\/strong>, illuminated throughout, and could be called a Burgundian treasure in book form. This edition provided <span class=\"em\">the starting point for a series of superb international exhibitions on Charles the Bold<\/span> that only ended in the year 2010.<\/p>\n<h2>Biblical Themes<\/h2>\n<p>The Bible, the Gospels, the New and Old Testament were permanent recurring themes of <strong>book painting<\/strong> in the Middle Ages. Faksimile Verlag has also taken on these manuscripts, the foundation of the Christian West, in all their variety. Already mentioned were the <a title=\"Book of Kells\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/361\/book-of-kells\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Book of Kells<\/strong><\/a> and the <a title=\"Lindisfarne Gospels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/10\/lindisfarne-gospels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lindisfarne Gospel<\/strong><\/a>, and we will discuss the <a title=\"Morgan Crusader\u2019s Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/65\/morgan-crusaders-bible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Crusader Bible<\/strong><\/a>; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/27\/lorsch-gospels\"><strong>Lorsch Gospels<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0shaped future publishing goals at the turn of the millennium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1400\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MZE_017r_Gold_frei.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1400 \" title=\"Mainz Gospels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MZE_017r_Gold_frei-1024x1270.jpg\" alt=\"Illuminated page from the Mainz Gospels\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MZE_017r_Gold_frei-1024x1270.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MZE_017r_Gold_frei-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MZE_017r_Gold_frei.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not only impressed, but entirely written in gold, the Mainz Gospels presents texts from the New Testament. It also has glowing pictures in German Gothic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a title=\"Mainz Gospels \" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/34\/mainz-gospels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mainz Gospels<\/strong> <\/a>of the <strong>Hofbibliothek<\/strong> in Aschaffenburg are another <strong>codex aureus<\/strong>, that is, a book written in gold. This manuscript edition with its 71 illustrations of the <strong>New Testament<\/strong> parades the whole glory of <strong>Gothic Germany<\/strong> before our eyes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Their miniatures glow like cathedral windows and make the Mainz Gospels the most significant 13th century <strong>German work of art<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a title=\"Ottheinrich Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/76\/ottheinrich-s-bible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ottheinrich Bible<\/strong><\/a>, which belongs among the most valuable bibles artistically and linguistic-historically speaking, deserves special emphasis, due to its being the oldest <strong>New Testament<\/strong> written in the German language, predating <strong>Luther<\/strong> by a century. In 2007, it returned complete to Germany and is now open for viewing in magnificent exhibitions by all the people who made its repurchase possible.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Troja_Montage_0309_Fol_Freisteller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1401 \" title=\"Guido de Columnis - The Trojan War\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Troja_Montage_0309_Fol_Freisteller-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"Guido de Columnis - The Trojan War\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Troja_Montage_0309_Fol_Freisteller-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Troja_Montage_0309_Fol_Freisteller-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Troja_Montage_0309_Fol_Freisteller.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original counts more than 300 miniatures in gold leaf, made by the Master Martinus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>Ottheinrich Bible<\/strong> comes with incredible master works of 15th century <strong>Regensburgian book painting<\/strong> that only bear comparison with the art of <em>Martinus Opifex<\/em> in his<strong><a title=\"Guido de Columnis - The Trojan War\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/17\/guido-de-columnis-the-trojan-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Trojan War<\/a><\/strong>. Beyond this, it became an outstanding example of <strong>German Renaissance art<\/strong>, after Ottheinrich of the Palatinate commissioned <em>Matthias Gerung<\/em>, his court painter, to carry on with the picture decorations.<\/p>\n<p>A different type of biblical manuscript must not remain unmentioned here, that of the <strong>Pauper\u2019s Bible<\/strong>. <a title=\"Golden Bible - Biblia Pauperum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/69\/golden-bible-biblia-pauperum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Golden Bible \u2013 Biblia Pauperum<\/strong><\/a>, dating from the start of the 15th century, is a picture cycle with 93 miniatures (all on gold backgrounds) with commentary and explanation of the most important stages of Christ\u2019s life &#8211; today reposing in London in the <strong>British Library<\/strong>. In the <strong>Golden Bible<\/strong>, we find three miniatures in glowing color on each page: in the middle is an event from the life of Christ, the so-called antitype, to the left and right scenes from the Old Testament as the type, which, according to typological doctrine, prefigured the life and works of the Messiah to come.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusions<\/h2>\n<p>The Middle Ages displayed some of the most interesting works of art of all times, despite being called the Dark Ages. Among those, Flemish, Burgundian, and Biblical arts are some of the most remarkable. Did you like this glimpse into these forms of art? Want to see more? 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