Middle Ages

Bearb. von Cornelia Neustadt und Martin Riebel, unter Mitwirkung von Henning Ohst und Sabine Zinsmeyer

Die Inschriften der Stadt Meißen
19 x 27 cm, 943 p., 99 Tafeln, with dust jacket
120.00 €
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The inscriptional tradition of the city of Meissen, which this two-part volume presents in an annotated edition, extends from the 13th century to 1650, focussing on the episcopal church in the 13th/14th century, the princely residence in the 15th/16th century …

Gesammelt und bearbeitet von Harald Drös

Die Inschriften des Landkreises Schwäbisch Hall II

Altkreis Schwäbisch Hall und Limpurger Land

19 x 27 cm, 2028 p., 295 Tafeln, with dust jacket
220.00 €
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In 1518 catalog articles, the volume contains the inscriptions of the old district of Schwäbisch Hall and the north-eastern part of the former district of Backnang from the Staufer period to 1650. There are also ten supplements to the inscriptions …

Cooperator: Konrad Goehl

Persius-Scholien

Die lateinische Persius-Kommentierung der Tradition B

17 x 24 cm, 480 p., cloth
110.00 €
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With the edition of the „tradition B“ of the Latin medieval Persius commentaries the edition of all Persius scholia ( from 9th – 16th century 75 testimonies) is completed (vol. I: tradition A, D, E, 2009; vol. II: tradition C, …

Der Tannhäuser

Untersuchungen zur Selbstbezüglichkeit seiner Lyrik und kommentierte Neuedition

17 x 24 cm, 333 p., cloth
110.00 €
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Tannhäuser has established a very unique profile as an author of 13th century medieval German literature. Not only did he experiment with literary genres and test their limits; his poetry is also defined by complex self-referential patterns. This study on …

By Beat Brenk, with contributions by Herbert Kessler and Andreas Kronz

The Mosaics of Roger II in Sicily

Visualizing Sacred Authority

21 x 29.7 cm, 184 p., hardback
98.00 €
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The ideas for this book emerged in direct eye contact with the mosaics on the scaffolds of the Cappella Palatina and the Martorana in Palermo and the Cathedral of Cefalù. With their mosaic programs, the three buildings embody unprecedented new …

„Mio corpo venga sepolto in terra sancta“ - Genese und Verbreitung eines Wunderberichts des 13. Jahrhunderts

Die Blutacker in Jerusalem, der Heilige Acker in Akkon und der Camposanto zu Pisa

17 x 24 cm, 256 p., cloth
79.00 €
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The book is about the emergence and spread of the miracle report about a supernaturally rapid decomposition of corpses at specific burial sites, so-called holy fields (Campus Sanctus). How is it that in the last third of the 13th century …

Geistliche Lesespiele

Exemplarische Lektüren mittelalterlicher Passions- und Weihnachtsspiele im Kontext ihrer Überlieferung

15.5 x 23 cm, 430 p., with dust jacket
110.00 €
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Many medieval religious plays survive in manuscripts without reference to theatrical performance; rather, they are presented as literary texts in their own right. A series of case studies focusing on Passion and Christmas plays in their specific manuscript traditions illuminates …

Ges. und bearb. von Jürgen Herold und Mona Dorn

Die Inschriften der Stadt Wismar
19 x 27 cm, 1040 p., 87 Tafeln, 1 Falttafel, with dust jacket
99.00 €
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Die Inschriftenüberlieferung beginnt in der Hansestadt Wismar in der zweiten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts und umfasst bis zur Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts annähernd 800 Objekte. Mehr als zwei Drittel der Inschriftenträger sind Grabplatten. Unter ihnen nimmt die Messingplatte für Herzogin …

Mystique, langage, image : montrer l’invisible Mystik, Sprache, Bild: Die Visualisierung des Unsichtbaren
17 x 24 cm, 364 p., cloth
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The experience of transcendence, especially when it concerns the direct encounter with God, exceeds every human possibility of expression. Only pictorial expression is able to make visible, at least approximately, what is invisible to the human eye and the human …

Das Andachtsbüchlein aus der Sammlung Bouhier

(Montpellier, Bibliothèque Universitaire Historique de Médecine, H 396) Studie und kommentierte Edition

17 x 24 cm, 550 p., cloth
129.00 €
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This small-size manuscript, probably produced in the second quarter of the fourteenth century in eastern central Germany, is here studied in depth for the first time. The manuscript is without any known parallels as regards its structure: illustrated with coloured …

Die illuminierten Handschriften französischer Herkunft in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek

Vom 15. Jahrhundert bis um 1540 plus flämische und niederländische Handschriften

Teil 2
23.5 x 31.5 cm, 568 p., cloth
398.00 €
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This volume concludes the comprehensive description of all French manuscripts in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich that are decorated with book decoration, whereby the closely related Dutch and Flemish manuscripts were also included for stylistic reasons. Compared to vol. 7/1, the …

Giovanni Boccaccios ,De casibus virorum illustrium’ in Deutschland

Studien zur Überlieferung und Rezeption eines frühhumanistischen Werkes im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert

15.5 x 23 cm, 400 p., with dust jacket
110.00 €
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Giovanni Boccaccio's 'De casibus virorum illustrium' - an early humanist collection of biographies of famous men and women of world history in Latin - was one of the most widely read works of the great Italian author throughout Europe in …

Cooperator: Martin Fischer

Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft

Band 23 (2020/2021): (V)erdichtete Leben. Literarische Lebensmuster in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit

14.8 x 21 cm, 456 p., hardback
69.00 €
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‚(V)erdichtete Leben‘ meint den Status von (auto)biographischer Literatur zwischen ‚wirklichem’ Leben und seiner literarischen Funktionalisierung. Unter diesem Aspekt widmet sich der aktuelle Tagungsband der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft der Frage nach der Relevanz von (Auto)biographie als Gattung und Textbestandteil im Mittelalter …

Purpur in Byzanz

Privileg und Würdeformel

17 x 24 cm, 288 p., hardback
49.00 €
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As a supplement to the studies mentioned above and in response to the persistent desideratum of the few pictorial sources that have been analysed, this work focuses on the significance of purple fabric and purple colour in pictorial works and …

Thomas von Cantimpré ›Liber de naturis rerum‹

Übersetzung des Textes der Redaktion III (Thomas III) eines Anonymus

17 x 24 cm, 395 p., cloth
98.00 €
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Based on the encyclopaedia "Liber de natura rerum" by the Dominican Thomas of Cantimpré, the so-called 'Thomas III' version was produced by an anonymous editor in the 13th century. Out of interest in natural things themselves, he excerpted the found …