Cigogne

2015 · 153676 — Luzern: Quaternio Verlag 2015. Text Volume Only. Slipcased. Fine/VG slipcase lightly rubbed. Rich navy cloth/boards; gilt lettering; placeholder ribbon. No dj. Housed in a matching slipcase with no lettering. with 34 mostly color illustrations. Text in German and some English. In short the contents are Clark's bit in German; Stork's bit in German; Clark's bit in English; with the illustrations in between but here is the actual breakdown of the actuals parts: The German version of Gregory T. Clark's contribution containing The History of the Manuscript; Compositional and Iconographic Sources; The Artist of the Einsiedeln Speculum; and The Place of Origin and Date of the Einsiedeln Speculum; and the descriptions of the miniatures. The lengthy text by Hans-Walter Stork follows entirely in German: Introduction and Foreword; Authorship Content Dating and Construction of the Speculum; The Heilsspiegel Healing Mirror of Kloster Einsiedeln Codex 206 and the text; The Substantive Context of the Miniatures; Annotations of the Illustrations; an abstract; bibliography; and the illustrations. All these take up the first 224 pp. The English Commentary actually the original version of Clark's contribution begins on page 225. Included are: The History of the Manuscript; Compositional and Iconographic Sources; The Artist of the Einsiedeln Speculum; and The Place of Origin and Date of the Einsiedeln Speculum; and the descriptions of the miniatures and the Codicological Descriptions in table/chart form. The reader must refer to the German section for the bibliography and illustrations. With richly-colored plates clear bw images and a beautiful presentation. Einsiedeln Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz Switzerland. - Wikipedia NOTE: This is the text volume ONLY. The facsimile volume is not included. Quaternio Verlag unknown books