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Jeffrey F. Hamburger is Kuno Francke Professor of
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Joshua O’Driscoll is assistant curator in the department of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York.
Also available from GILES: ARISTOTLE From Antiquity to the Modern Era Barbara Scalvini Contributions by Martin J. Gross, Benjamin Morison, and Barbara Scalvini In association with the New-York Historical Society
THE ART OF THE BOOK IN THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, 800–1500 Jeffrey F. Hamburger Joshua O’Driscoll
Imperial Splendor presents a fascinating history of illuminated manuscripts within the Holy Roman Empire. Focusing on production and patronage, this new volume features over 150 images of magnificently illustrated books and precious bindings, drawn largely from North American collections. The book’s three sections are arranged chronologically, yet in each case with a different thematic focus. Opening with a look at the precedents set by the Carolingian forerunners
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manuscripts associated with the Ottonian emperors. The second section examines the role of imperial monasteries in the production of manuscripts, considering in particular the patronage of aristocratic elites. The final section offers a tour of imperial cities in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, from Vienna and Prague to Augsburg and Nuremberg. This final stop considers the impact of Albrecht Dürer and humanism on the arts of the book. The volume features a glossary, indexes, and maps showing the shifting borders of the Empire over 700 years.
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Front cover illustration: Front cover of the Lindau Gospels. Eastern France, ca. 870. New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1 (detail of Fig. 27). Back cover illustration: Berthold Master, Miniature for the feast of St. Oswald. Berthold Sacramentary, Weingarten, ca. 1215–17. New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.710, fol. 101v (detail of Fig. 70).
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