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With more than 1,200 different facsimiles of medieval manuscripts, you cannot know them all. Yet, we do! That is why you will find a selection of facsimiles here, which may not be the focus of the "normal" facsimile collector, but which you should still take a look at - it's worth it!
Rohan Hours
Paris or Angers (France) — 1430-1435
The beginning of a new era in book illumination: masterful, full-page miniatures in a lavishly illuminated book of hours
Leaves from a Psalter by William de Brailes
Oxford (England) — ca. 1240
Created by one of the greatest masters of English illumination: seven parchment fragments of a lost masterpiece by William de Brailes
Biblia Veteris Testamenti
Frankfurt am Main (Germany) — 1551
Each of the more than 400 pages that illustrate this picture Bible: masterful, colored copperplates and woodcuts by Sebald Beham, the student of Albrecht Dürer
Anatomia depicta
Italien — 1565-1589
Large format and in color: a fascinating insight into the medicine of the 16th century with 71 realistic anatomical representations of the human body
Ptolemy Atlas
Naples (Italy) — 15th Century
Created at the behest of the King of Aragon: splendidly glowing maps and nautical charts according to Claudius Ptolemy decorated with gold
Secretum Templi
France — 12th und 13th Century
With letters from Jacques de Molay and the rule of the Templar Order: a unique collection of documents on the most powerful, richest, and most mysterious knightly order in history
Stuttgart Psalter
Scriptorium of St. Germain-des-Prés (Paris, France) — 820-830
Every single Psalm illustrated with great attention to detail: the most richly illuminated Psalter of the Carolingian era
Life of the Virgin Mary
France — 1548
Created for King François I of France: the veneration of the Blessed Virgin in large and splendid Renaissance miniatures
Holkham Bible
London (England) — ca. 1327-35
Each page illustrated: 231 scenes from the Old and New Testaments, embedded in the bustle and impressive architecture of medieval London
Dead Sea Scrolls
West Jordan — ca. 120 BC - AD 70
The most important archaeological find of the 20th century: the famous scrolls with 2,000-year-old texts from the Bible
Virgil: Bucolics, Georgics and Aeneid
Rome or Naples (Italy) — 1470-1499
Illuminated by various masters of book art: Virgil's three major works in a splendidly illustrated manuscript from the 15th century