Spring Catalog 2025

In this year's Spring Catalog, you will once again find a particularly beautiful selection of very special facsimiles which will delight you:

This time it includes sought-after rarities such as the Bamberg Psalter from Quaternio Verlag Lucerne, the Codex Etchmiadzin with a replica of its ivory binding from ADEVA Graz or the Gladiatoria by Orbis Pictus Pelpin, limited to just 99 copies. We have again compiled a total of 50 selected works for you, which you can now purchase at a particularly attractive price.

Enjoy browsing and discovering! But please do not hesitate too long:
All facsimile editions listed here are single pieces!

Bodmer VIII Papyrus - Epistles of St. Peter

Epistles of Peter, the apocryphal correspondence of 3 Corinthians and the mythical birth of Mary: a fascinating insight into the origins of the Bible in a nearly 1,800-year-old papyrus

Egypt — 3rd century

 

Regularly: 2,700 €

Now only: 899 €

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Codex Purpureus Rossanensis

Containing the earliest portrait of an Evangelist in book illumination: one of the oldest preserved and most fascinating Gospels in history, written entirely in gold and silver on purple parchment

Syria or Jordan region — 6th century

 

Regularly: 5,800 €

Now only: 2,799 €

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Rabbula Gospels

A Byzantine masterpiece with the oldest surviving book illumination of the crucifixion: The magnificent Gospels, completed in 586 by the scribe Rabbula, with luminously illuminated, full-page miniatures and beautiful canon tables

Monastery of St. John of Zagba (Syria) — 586

 

Regularly: 3,800 €

Now only: 1,499 €

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Lindisfarne Gospels

Book art for eternity adorned with glowing carpet pages and fabulous interlace initials: the birth of Insular illumination and a style-defining masterpiece for centuries

Lindisfarne Abbey, Holy Island (England) — Ca. 700

 

Regularly: 6,980 €

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Comes Romanus Wirziburgensis

A testimony of early church history as enigmatic as it is significant: a mysterious early medieval manuscript with an ancient Roman church calendar and uncertain use

England or Rome (Italy) — Probably Mid-8th century

 

Regularly: 580 €

Now only: 279 €

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Letters of Alcuin and Other Documents

An insight into the life and work of probably the greatest scholar of the Carolingian Renaissance: the collection of writings and letters of the close confidant of Emperor Charlemagne, compiled while still alive

Probably Saint-Amand Abbey (France) — End of the 8th century, later additions from the 9th and 10th centuries

 

Regularly: 580 €

Now only: 279 €

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De Laudibus Sanctae Crucis

Religious poetry in masterly perfection: 28 impressive shaped poems by the Carolingian scholar Hrabanus Maurus in fascinating geometric and figural forms, interspersed with Christian numerical symbolism

Fulda (Germany) — First half of the 9th century

 

Regularly: 2,980 €

Now only: 1,499 €

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Utrecht Psalter

One of the most influential works in art history and on the UNESCO World Heritage list today: the delicate yet dynamic and powerful pen drawings from the anonymous "Da Vinci of the 9th century"

Benedictine abbey of Hautvillers near Rheims (France) — Between 820 and 840

 

Regularly: 3,480 €

Now only: 1,699 €

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Codex Etchmiadzin

The "Queen of Bible Texts", adorned with a series of early medieval miniatures and an impressive ivory binding: an extremely accurate and early 5th century Old Armenian translation of the Bible

Monastery of Noravank (Armenia) — Ca. 989

 

Regularly: 15,800 €

Now only: 6,799 €

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Beatus of Liébana - San Pedro de Cardeña Codex

The pictorial bridge between Romanesque and Gothic: a fascinating Beatus manuscript with 51 gold-ornamented miniatures by two genuine masters of their respective styles and today scattered in four parts across two continents

Scriptorium of the Monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña (Burgos, Spain) — Between 1175 and 1185

 

Regularly: 6,980 €

Now only: 2,999 €

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Kitâb al-Diryâq (Thériaque de Paris)

Secret ancient knowledge in medieval medicine: The production and effects of a miraculous remedy in one of the oldest surviving illuminated Arabic manuscripts in existence

Iran or Syria — 1198

 

Regularly: 2,800 €

Now only: 1,499 €

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Bamberg Psalter

With splendidly colorful miniatures under translucent horn plates on the cover: the artistic transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic with gold-glowing illuminations in an extraordinary luxury binding

Probably Regensburg (Germany) — Ca. 1220–1230

 

Regularly: 13,600 €

Now only: 8,499 €

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Treasures of Book Illumination - Mysterious Encounters

Selected gold-decorated book treasures from the Vatican Library: four outstanding examples of Christian book art as an artistic insight into the Vatican's breathtaking manuscript collections

Belgium, Istanbul (Turkey), and Florence (Italy) — 13th–16th century

 

Regularly: 1,698 €

Now only: 299 €

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Picture Bible of Saint Louis

3 huge volumes, equipped with more than 4,800(!) golden picture medallions for King Louis the Saint: one of the most extensively and magnificently illuminated works in the history of book illumination

Paris (France) — 1226–1234

 

Regularly: 1,980 €

Now only: 799 €

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Latin Moamin

The template for his own famous falcon book: Emperor Frederick's compilation of two Arabic teaching texts on the training and care of falcons and hunting dogs, adorned with gold initials

Italy — Arround 1240

 

Regularly: 3,980 €

Now only: 1,399 €

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Codex Calixtinus

Stolen in 2011 and fortunately reappeared a year later: The first travel guide for the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, supplemented by prayers, songs and miracle stories about St. James

Santiago de Compostela (Spain) — Ca. 1325

 

Regularly: 3,408 €

Now only: 1,799 €

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Pacino di Bonaguida’s Picture Book

A pure picture book completely without text and one of the most beautiful works of the Italian Trecento: the life of Christ in 38 wonderfully luminous full-page miniatures by the gifted Pacino de Bonaguida

Florence (Italy) — Ca. 1320–1330

 

Regularly: 3,998 €

Now only: 1,299 €

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Legenda Aurea - Anjou Legendarium

Intended as a picture book for the son of the Hungarian king: an illuminatory masterpiece with golden miniatures of the Trecento based on Jacobus de Voragine's famous tale of the saints and commissioned by King Charles I

Hungary — Ca. 1330–1340

 

Regularly: 3,980 €

Now only: 1,499 €

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Dresden Mirror of Saxony

Heavily damaged during World War II, but preserved thanks to a costly restoration: the most richly illuminated copy of the most important legal text of medieval feudal society, featuring 924 picture strips

Meißen (Germany) — Between 1347 and 1363

 

Regularly: 4,800 €

Now only: 2,299 €

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Historia Plantarum

A royal gift from the court of the powerful Gian Galeazzo Visconti in Milan: Ibn Butlan's influential medical encyclopedia in a large and magnificently illuminated pictorial codex for King Wenceslas

Milan (Italy) — End of the 14th century

 

Regularly: 12,000 €

Now only: 4,899 €

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History of the Destruction of Troy

The mastery of the Quattrocento in French book illumination: Guido de Columnis' famous work on the fall of Troy, magnificently illuminated with particularly large-format miniatures by two exceptionally talented masters

France — End of the 14th century

 

Regularly: 5,880 €

Now only: 2,799 €

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Wenceslas Bible

An artistic mammoth work made in the famous Wenceslas workshop in Prague: a luxurious but never completed magnificent Bible in German with 646 fantastic miniatures for the Roman-German King Wenceslas IV.

Prague (Czech Republic) — 1389–1400

 

Regularly: 22,000 €

Now only: 6,499 €

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The Très Riches Heures of the Duke of Berry

Our current picture of the Middle Ages, created by the Limbourg brothers for the Duke of Berry: one of the most beautiful, valuable, and famous manuscripts in the world, adorned with 12 iconic calendar pages and 131 masterful miniatures

Paris and/or Bourges (France) — 1410–1416 and 1485–1489

 

Regularly: 12,800 €

Now only: 4,999 €

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Bedford Hours

The Bedford Master's magnum opus with 43 splendid large-format miniatures and more than 1,250 medallions: one of the richest and most beautiful illuminated manuscripts of all time

Paris (France) — Written 1410–1415, illuminated 1415–1430

 

Regularly: 10,800 €

Now only: 2,899 €

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Paris Alexander Romance

Formerly in the possession of Henry VIII: possibly the most magnificently illuminated version of the medieval biography of Alexander the Great, adorned with 86 elaborate miniatures of rich colors and glowing gold

Paris (France) — Around 1420

 

Regularly: 5,980 €

Now only: 1,999 €

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Akathistos hymnos

A rare golden masterpiece for the Byzantine liturgy: one of the oldest pieces of Marian poetry in Christendom, adorned with expressive miniatures and fantastical initials on a luminous gold background

Probably Istanbul (Turkey) — Second quarter of the 15th century

 

Regularly: 1,480 €

Now only: 799 €

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Gladiatoria

Probably the most important source on fencing in the Middle Ages: the fencing techniques of Johannes Liechtenauer, the father of the German school of fencing, with wonderful illustrations and precise descriptions on almost every page

Germany — Ca. 1430

 

Regularly: 2,480 €

Now only: 1,799 €

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Nibelungenlied

The heroic epic about Siegfried and Hagen and the courtly society of the Late Middle Ages in 37 masterly pen and ink drawings: the only surviving copy of the famous German saga with a comprehensive picture cycle

Germany — 15th century

 

Regularly: 2,480 €

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Mainz Psalter

Numerous innovations in the world's second printed book: the first multicolor printing including two font sizes and printed decorative initials with a printed colophon and details of the date, printer and publisher

Mainz (Germany) — August 14, 1457

 

Statt: 5,980 €

Now only: 2,299 €

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Missal of Barbara of Brandenburg

Illuminated by no less than Belbello da Pavia and Rogier van der Weyden: a magnificent, large-format manuscript with 70 luminous miniatures for the Renaissance princess Barbara of Brandenburg

Mantua (Italy) — 1442–1465

 

Regularly: 12,500 €

Now only: 4,499 €

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Riccardiana Virgil - Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneid

Created on commission of the famous Renaissance prince Lorenzo de' Medici: Virgil's opus magnum about the fabulous city of Troy and the legendary founding of Rome in luminous Renaissance images

Florence (Italy) — Around 1460

 

Regularly: 8,900 €

Now only: 1,999 €

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Sketchbook of Francesco di Giorgio Martini

Direct testimony to the work of one of the most gifted architects of the Renaissance: over 1,200 architectural drawings and designs for machinery in a sketchbook that is as fascinating as it is historically significant

Urbino (Italy) — 1464–1478

 

Regularly: 1,450 €

Now only: 499 €

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The Mystery of the Holy Grail

From the most beautiful works of the medieval grail tradition: the mystical legends of King Arthur and the legendary Holy Grail in a wonderful collection consisting of ten outstanding miniatures

Paris (France); Bruges (Belgium) and others — 13th–15th century

 

Regularly: 1,498 €

Now only: 299 €

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The Golden Calendar (Collection)

From the most elaborate calendars of the late heyday of book illumination: typical labors of the month and idyllic landscapes in a breathtaking collection of 13 gorgeous calendar miniatures from the 15th and 16th centuries

Paris (France); Bruges (Belgium) and others — 15th–16th century

 

Regularly: 1,498 €

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The Crusades: Les Passages d'Outremer

Commissioned by Louis de Laval, illuminated by none other than Jean Colombe: the greatest medieval source on the history of the Crusades, adorned with splendid full-page miniatures full of exciting detail

Bourges (France) — 1474

 

Regularly: 5,800 €

Now only: 1,799 €

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Black Hours

Radiant miniatures, glowing borders and gold initials on black dyed parchment: one of only seven black manuscripts that have survived to the present day, created in the circle of the Flemish master Willem Vrelant

Bruges (Belgium) — Ca. 1475

 

Regularly: 4,980 €

Now only: 1,899 €

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Dancing Book of Margaret of Austria

Musical notations and calligraphy in gold and silver for the wife of Emperor Maximilian: one of only seven surviving manuscripts from the Middle Ages executed entirely on black parchment

Flanders — Between 1475 und 1501

 

Regularly: 1,890 €

Now only: 799 €

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The Crusades: The Siege of Rhodes

Written by the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John and illustrated with 52 full-page miniatures: a pictorial account of the successful defense of Rhodes against the Osman Armies in 1480

Paris (France) — 1482–1483

 

Regularly: 4,800 €

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Liber Precum

An artistic testimony of late medieval lay spirituality and later in the possession of a Russian empress: a unique selection of prayers, combined with groundbreaking miniatures as a further development of the soft style

Cologne (Germany) — Between 1480 and 1490

 

Regularly: 3,480 €

Now only: 1,199 €

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Albrecht Dürer - The Apocalypse of 1498

Dürer's first great success as an independent printer and a highlight of his graphic work: the first edition of his 15 spectacular woodcuts to accompany the German text of the apocalyptic Revelation of John by one of the greatest German artists of all time

Nuremberg (Germany) — 1498

 

Regularly: 1,280 €

Now only: 599 €

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Cantino's Map

Valuable contraband from a spy at the Portuguese court: an exact copy of the famous and then secret world map "Royal Standard" with the newly mapped coastline of Brazil for the Duke of Ferrara

Lisbon (Portugal) — 1502

 

Regularly: 2,500 €

Now only: 1,299 €

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Discorsi di P. A. Mattioli Illustrated by Gherardo Cibo

Impressively artistically and realistically illuminated by Gherardo Cibo: gorgeous plant illustrations from the groundbreaking work by the famous humanistic botanist Pietro Andrea Mattioli

Venice (Italy) — 1568

 

Regularly: 1,290 €

Now only: 499 €

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Anne Boleyn's Book

Once belonging to the young Anne Boleyn, the future Queen of England and mother of Elizabeth I: one of the most important and at the same time enigmatic testimonials of Renaissance music in England and France

France — Ca. 1505–1536

 

Regularly: 890 €

Now only: 399 €

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Great Hours of Anne of Brittany

One of the most beautiful books of hours in the history of illumination and at the same time a fascinating herbolarium: miniatures and paintings created by the great Jean Bourdichon for the French Queen

Tours (France) — 1503–1508

 

Regularly: 2,980 €

Now only: 1,299 €

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Vatican Office of the Virgin

A luxury manuscript for an enigmatic noble patron, today preserved in the Vatican Library: enchanting Flemish book illumination by the hand of the David Master of the Breviarium Grimani with golden accents in a splendid silver binding

Bruges (Belgium) — Early 16th century

 

Regularly: 2,780 €

Now only: 899 €

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Prayer Book of Claude de France

Enchanting art in the smallest of spaces: the prayer book of Queen Claude de France is exuberantly decorated with 132 biblical scenes on 104 pages and measures only 6.9 × 4.9 cm

Tours (France) — Ca. 1517

 

Regularly: 2,880 €

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Duchess Dorothea's Prayer Book

An early print with beautiful, hand-painted floral borders and fantastical drôleries by Nikolaus Glockendon: the personal prayer book of the Protestant Duchess Dorothea of Prussia

Nuremberg (Germany) — 1536

 

Regularly: 1,450 €

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Matthew Merian's Bible of 1630 - New Testament

77 colorful miniatures by one of the most famous engravers of all time: the stories of the New Testament in masterfully executed copperplate engravings by Matthaeus Merian the Elder

Strasbourg (France) — 1630

 

Regularly: 1,698 €

Now only: 279 €

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Extracts from Dioscorides

Powerfully orchestrated by the brilliant artist and botanist Gherardo Cibo: the translation and additions by the famous physician Pietro Andrea Mattioli to the groundbreaking De Materia Medica by Dioscorides

Italy — Ca. 1564–1584

 

Regularly: 9,450 €

Now only: 3,999 €

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Esther Scroll: Kaniel Megillat

One of the most lavishly illuminated Esther scrolls: the dramatic story of the Book of Esther in 38 vivid, narrative miniatures, embedded in an elaborately ornamented arcature

Possibly Vienna (Austria) or Moravia (Czech Republic) — Middle of the 18th century

 

Regularly: 1,480 €

Now only: 699 €

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We have been running a specialist store for facsimiles for nearly 15 years in Regensburg's Old Town, just opposite the "Schottenportal" of the Romanesque Scots Monastery of St. Jacob at Jakobstraße 6.