Kleine Handschriftenausstellung am Rande des II. Internationalen Kolloquiums Griechische Paläographie und Kodikologie
Exponate der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz und der Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen
The Serbian Psalter is one of the most precious manuscripts from medieval Serbia. It was most probably produced around 1400 for the princes of Brankovic and came to Munich in 1689 as a part of the booty from the wars …
Die berühmte, ursprünglich aus Indien stammende und in alle Kultursprachen des Vorderen Orients und Europas übersetzte Fabelsammlung ist in der Fassung, die ihr der Literat und Hofmann Ibn al-Muqaffa im 8. Jahrhundert gegeben hat, eines der Meisterwerke arabischer Kunstprosa. Anhand …
Thomasian from Zerclaere came from a noble Italian family. In his work he reveals an everyday ethics which he as a guest from a Roman country (= welscher Gast) dedicates to the German speaking countries. The manuscript was most probably …
Der „Codex palatinus germanicus 350“ bietet einen Querschnitt durch die mittelhochdeutsche Spruchdichtung. Er besteht heute aus drei ursprünglich getrennten Sammlungen, die vom Ende des 13. bis ins 14. Jahrhundert geschrieben wurden. Während die erste Sammlung fast das gesamte Werk Reinmars …
Philo, from the Greek colony of Byzantium, was active in Alexandria and Rhodos about 200 BC. He is famous as one of the earliest teachers of military engineering, and is known to have written technical and scientific works, including one …
This is the first facsimile reproduction of all the important pages in the precious manuscript. It contains pictures of a calender with the zodiac signs, 15 full size pictures frm the life of Christ, large initials and a lot of …
This facsimile reproduction contains minnesongs by Reinmar and Walther von der Vogelweide and apart from these a song by Lupold Hornburg of Rothenburg in praise of twelvve famous minnesingers and lyrical poets.
Among the song manuscripts from the Middle Ages the so-calles „small song manuscript“ from Heidelberg cannot be compared with the „Manesse“ as far as ornamentation and illumination are concerned - but it is older than that, dating from the 13th …
Writing about engineering went through one of its decisive stages, on the way from the ancient treatise to the modern textbook, during the 15th century. Mariano Taccola of Siena is a key figure in this development, and his „De Machinis“ …
The poem dates back to the 12th century, it is completely preserved in this Heidelberg manuscript only. The extraordinary significance of the Heidelberg manuscript is based on its flawless preservation and its rich miniatures. Thefacsimile-edition gives an absolutely faithful reproduction …