CODICES ILLUSTRES: THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS

WALTHER INGO F. & WOLF, NORBERT (2001) CODICES ILLUSTRES: THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS. KÖLN: TASCHEN. DE 34X26 CM. COM 504 PÁGS. ILUST. E.

Do Grande Evangeliário (Book of Kells), um manuscrito ilustrado com motivos ornamentais, feito por monges celtas por volta do ano 800, ao Decameron de Boccaccio, do Gênesis de Viena à Divina Comédia de Dante, da Genealogia do Infante D. Fernando às grande Crónicas Europeias, abrir este Códices Iluminados é abrir a porta para um mundo precioso e privado.

Esta edição de grande formato, de luxuosa realização gráfica, estampada com grande primor sobre papel muito encorpado e de boa qualidade, coloca-nos face a face com 167 dos manuscritos mais esmerados e importantes da era medieval.

“Presented in brilliant large-format reproductions, these paradigms of miniature painting and illumination from the 4th century to 1600 were once the property of some of the greatest power players in history. Now art historical treasures, they are worth many millions and typically tucked away in private collections or closely-guarded archives—until now.

Although the focus of this collection is on European manuscripts, examples from Mexican, Persian, and Indian tradition illustrate the refinement and intricacy of manuscript illumination in non European cultures. An informative synopsis for each manuscript orients the reader at a glance, while a 36 page appendix contains biographies of the artists, as well as an extensive bibliography, an index and a glossary for technical terms”.

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