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Treasures of the Russian National Library.
The series "Great Libraries of the World" and "Treasures of the World" offer the most beautiful and magnificent miniatures from medieval manuscripts combined in one collection. These art treasures from a world-famous library or a theme are presented as individual sheets under a passe-partout in elegant decorative boxes.
10 colored facsimile miniatures (covered with 23 ½ carat real gold) under strong passe-partouts.
These are kept in a red-brown leather case with a mounted golden eagle (replica of an emblem of the Russian National Library) and rich gold embossing.
Format approx. 45 x 34 cm.
The miniatures come from manuscripts from the Byzantine, Russian and Persian cultures, as well as Western European book illumination with Greek and French examples from the 9th to 19th centuries.
In detail:
Old Russian hymns
Hirmologion, Russia, 19th century;
Evangelist John / Beginning of the Gospel of John, Purple Gospel, Byzantium, 9th, 13th-14th cent. and 17th century.
Mark the Evangelist, Lectionary of St. Petersburg, Byzantium, 9th and 10th centuries.
Initial "B", Psalter, France, Paris, 1218-1242.
Crucifixion and Descent from the Cross, Missal of Reims, France, Reims, 1287-1297.
Nativity, Book of Hours, France, Paris, early 15th century.
Luke the Evangelist, Book of Hours of Mary Stuart, France, mid-15th century.
Prouesse and Noublesse, letters between Anne of Brittany and Louis XII, France, c.1510.
Shah listening to the teachings of a Sufi, Gami, Lawaih, Persia, c.1570.
The Solovjetsky Monastery, Life and Works of Saints Sosima and Savvati, Moscow, Trinity Sergiev Monastery, 1623.
The cassette - exclusive edition appeared in a unique, hand-numbered edition limited to 1,995 copies (no. 1532 is for sale).
This facsimile edition is out of print from the publisher and is no longer available there.
Exclusive edition for the Coron publishing house.
Corona at Kindler, Berlin 2007.
Also included is the commentary booklet “1000 Years of Book Illumination” with detailed descriptions: 24 pages. Dimensions: approx. 42 x 31 cm.
Also included is a pencil case with the short texts for the individual miniatures, which can be glued to the back of the facsimile for more detailed explanation.
The cassette with content is in good condition and was purchased as an investment.
Buy a true rarity here at an absolute super price. 67379893
