{"id":962,"date":"2018-07-23T03:29:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T02:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=962"},"modified":"2018-07-23T10:29:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T09:29:03","slug":"challenges-of-gothic-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/challenges-of-gothic-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The challenges of Gothic art: the story of Faksimile Verlag &#8211; part 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Saint Louis and the French Gothic<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Faksimile Verlag<\/strong> has always concerned itself with the evolution of <strong>French book painting<\/strong>, which so often played a pioneering role in the <strong>history of art<\/strong>. Hence, it made sense, as early as 1995, to devote every attention to that French king who originated the French royal family\u2019s bibliophilia and to whom we owe so many unusual <strong>illuminated manuscripts<\/strong>: Louis IX, <em>Saint Louis<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>His <a title=\"Morgan Crusader\u2019s Bible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/65\/morgan-crusaders-bible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Crusader\u2019s Bible<\/strong><\/a>, laid out exclusively as a <strong>pictorial bible<\/strong> and formerly known as the <strong>Shah Abbas Bible<\/strong>, is fascinating in that we suspect that its painters were the <em>Masters of the Sainte Chapelle<\/em>. They carried their monumental narrative style over into the <strong>painting of books<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KRB_02v.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1415\" title=\"Morgan Crusader\u2019s Bible\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KRB_02v-1024x1326.jpg\" alt=\"Illuminated page from the Morgan Crusader\u2019s Bible\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KRB_02v-1024x1326.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KRB_02v-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/KRB_02v.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Morgan Crusader\u2019s Bible, for Louis the Saint, is an incredible example of western illuminated manuscript, and combines all the monotheistic religions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During its turbulent history, the manuscript, with subsequently added Latin, Persian and Judeo-Persian picture texts, lost two fragments (kept in the <strong>Biblioth\u00e9que nationale de France<\/strong> and the <strong>J. Paul Getty Museum<\/strong> in Los Angeles) which could only be reunited with the main element\u00a0thanks to the<strong> facsimile edition<\/strong> (today in the <strong>Pierpont Morgan Library<\/strong>, New York).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1417\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PBB_197v-Ausschnitt_Katze.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1417\" title=\"Peterborough Bestiary\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PBB_197v-Ausschnitt_Katze.jpg\" alt=\"Miniature from the Peterborough Bestiary\" width=\"179\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Peterborough Bestiary shows the wonders of the animal world through Gothic illumination.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Only a few decades after Louis IX was canonized, the young French queen <strong>Jeanne d\u2019Evreux<\/strong> received the gift of a <strong>book of hours<\/strong>, half of which was dedicated to her great-great-grandfather\u2019s miraculous deeds. But the significance of the <a title=\"Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/14\/hours-of-jeanne-d-evreux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hours of Jeanne d\u2019Evreux<\/strong><\/a> (<strong>The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/strong>, The Cloisters, New York) lies not only in this testament to the early veneration of Saint Louis, but also in the fineness of its\u00a0approximately 700 grisaille illustrations, which <strong>Jean Pucelle<\/strong> added as decoration next to the manuscript\u2019s small, but brilliant miniatures. Had it not been for technical innovations, it would have been impossible to release\u00a0this treasure to the world of scholarship and bibliophilia.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For the first time, a facsimile can be experienced under the magnifying glass without any discernible difference, as if it were the original.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Gothic in England<\/h2>\n<p>The new<strong> Gothic art<\/strong> spreading from France during the 13th century sent the well-developed <strong>English book arts<\/strong> off in new directions like no other style.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1416\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/TAC_Lg4R_15r_R-Neudr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1416\" title=\"Trinity Apocalypse\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/TAC_Lg4R_15r_R-Neudr-1024x1442.jpg\" alt=\"Page from the Trinity Apocalypse\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/TAC_Lg4R_15r_R-Neudr-1024x1442.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/TAC_Lg4R_15r_R-Neudr-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/TAC_Lg4R_15r_R-Neudr.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Trinity Apocalypse, today in the Trinity College in Cambridge, is the most famous Gothic Apocalypse in England.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Besides the <strong>Lambeth Apocalypse<\/strong>, which had some time ago been reproduced, the exceedingly rich <strong><a title=\"Trinity Apocalypse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/12\/trinity-apocalypse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trinity Apocalypse<\/a><\/strong>, the most famous of all apocalypses from the <strong>Gothic era<\/strong>, is an imposing example of this <strong>book painting<\/strong>. On 71 large-format miniatures with more than 100 individual pictures, it illustrates all aspects of <strong>English Gothic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During the second half of the 13th century, a book painter, <strong>William de Brailes<\/strong>, stepped out of anonymity for the first time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This artist created a wonderful picture cycle for the Old and New Testament, which today is divided between two continents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the internationally renowned facsimile edition, the <a title=\"Oxford Bible Pictures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/35\/oxford-bible-pictures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Oxford Bible Pictures<\/strong><\/a>, decorated with finely chased gold leaf, are united again. The marvelous ivory cover also makes this work a jewel of <strong>modern book art<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PBB_Titelmontageheller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1418\" title=\"Library of the Corpus Christi College in Cambridge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PBB_Titelmontageheller-1024x1363.jpg\" alt=\"Library of the Corpus Christi College in Cambridge\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PBB_Titelmontageheller-1024x1363.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PBB_Titelmontageheller-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PBB_Titelmontageheller.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glimpse of the library of the Corpus Christi College in Cambridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a title=\"Peterborough Bestiary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimile\/13\/peterborough-bestiary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Peterborough Bestiary<\/strong><\/a> shows us wonders of the animal world in 104 <strong>Gothic miniatures<\/strong>. This <strong>book of animals<\/strong>, illustrating knowledge from <strong>Antiquity<\/strong> up to <em>Isidore of Seville<\/em> in text and pictures, not only shows clearly the Gothic era\u2019s understanding of nature, but also conveys to us the medieval symbolic world of the fauna like no other <strong>illuminated manuscript<\/strong> has done.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusions<\/h2>\n<p>The challenges of Gothic art were many, but it was also too beautiful a style to be left dormant in an inaccessible collection. We are so very lucky that publishers decided to gift us with these jewels of the Gothic illumination! What do you think? Any favorite? Leave a comment and let us know!<\/p>\n<h2>Read more&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/story-manuscript-facsimile-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Story of Faksimile Verlag, Publisher of Fine Facsimile Editions \u2013 part 1<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/facsimiles-role-illuminated-manuscripts-story-faksimile-verlag-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Facsimiles and the Role of Illuminated Manuscripts: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 2<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=4432&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=6344606506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>What is a Facsimile: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 3<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/how-it-all-began\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>How it All Began: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 4<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/analog-to-digital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>From Analog to Digital: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 5<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/making-a-facsimile\/\"><em>The Making Process of a Facsimile: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 6<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/challenges-and-magic\/\"><em>Challenges and Magic of Facsimile Production: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 7<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/binding-paper-commentary\/\"><em>Binding, Paper, and Commentary: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 8<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/treasures-of-the-past\/\"><em>Treasures of the Past: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 9<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/gems-of-the-middle-ages\/\"><em>Gems of the Middle Ages: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 10<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/flemish-burgundian-and-biblical-art\/\"><em>Flemish, Burgundian, and Biblical Art: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 11<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/middle-ages-through-the-manuscripts\/\"><em>Middle Ages through the Manuscripts: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 12<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>The Challenges of Gothic Art: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 13<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ottonian and Charlemagne\u2019s Art: the Story of Faksimile Verlag \u2013 part 14<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gothic illumination is one of the finest in medieval books: that&#8217;s why it was doubtlessly worth it for Faksimile Verlag to put a great effort into the reproduction of some remarkable representatives of Gothic art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,4],"tags":[16,45,12,10,96],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The story of Faksimile Verlag: the challenges of Gothic art<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gothic illumination is one of the finest in medieval books, but is not easy to reproduce. 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