Spring Catalog 2026 - Part 1
Discover great masterpieces and little gems of book art, as well as unique historical documents in this year’s Spring Catalog! We have once again carefully compiled 75 selected facsimiles for you, which you can now purchase at a particularly favourable price (while stocks last).
From the rich holdings of the papal library: a representative collection of 12 outstanding single leaves of magnificent literary manuscripts from perhaps the most famous library in the world
Paris (France); Florence (Italy) and others — 4th–15th century
Formerly: €1698
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Probably the most significant work of Raetian book art: the names of monks and benefactors inscribed over centuries and the treasure inventory of Pfäfers Abbey embedded in the sacred words of the Gospels
Raetia Curiensis — First quarter of the 9th – 14th century
Formerly: €1980
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A masterpiece of Carolingian scholarship and artistry, incredibly forgotten for centuries in the monastery attic: one of the oldest, completely preserved illuminated Bible manuscripts in the world
Tours (France) — Between 820 and 840
Formerly: €2790
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Invaluable sources on early medieval politics and church history from the court scriptorium of Emperor Charlemagne: The most important documents on the relationship between the Frankish Empire and the Papacy
Cologne (Germany) — 9th century
Formerly: €590
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An extraordinary and unique jewel of the Macedonian Renaissance in Byzantium: the bellicose Old Testament Book of Joshua in an impressively illuminated late Christian scroll
Imperial Court School of Byzantium, Istanbul (Turkey) — 10th century
Formerly: €2780
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Created for one of the most important benefactors of the 10th century and a close confidant of Emperor Otto III: the unique watercolor sacramentary for Bishop Warmund of Ivrea, richly decorated with golden initials
Ivrea (Italy) — End of the 10th century
Formerly: €2980
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Made by order of Theophanu, written entirely in gold, and adorned with a breathtaking magnificent binding: arguably the most splendid and beautiful manuscript of all time, created in the famous scriptorium of Echternach
Echternach Abbey (Luxembourg) — 1020–1050
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A book treasure shining with light from the magnificent Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: gilded Gothic miniatures as beautiful and luminous as church windows, created for Blanche de Castille, the mother of King Louis the Saint
Paris (France) — 1200–1230
Formerly: €16998
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One of the rare pre-colonial sources on the history, art, and religion of the Mixtecs: eleven meters of deer skin parchment featuring legendary tales of powerful dynasties, religious rituals, and impressive ancient cities
Mixteca (Mexico) — Between 1200 and 1521
Formerly: €1290
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Bears the marks of its history: the richly illuminated prayer book for the nightly service in Scheyern Abbey has wax remnants and practical entries testifying to its daily use over the centuries
Scheyern (Germany) — 1215–1225
Formerly: €1600
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A late Codex Aureus from the rich Mainz cathedral treasury as a model for Johannes Gutenberg: the four Holy Gospels written in gold ink and adorned with 71 luminous miniatures in the fascinating early Gothic jagged style
Mainz (Germany) — 1230–1250
Formerly: €7980
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The legendary main work of the great poet Gottfried von Strasbourg: the oldest surviving manuscript of perhaps the most beautiful German love story of the Middle Ages with 30 expressive picture pages
Possibly Swabia / Lake Constance region (Germany) — Ca. 1240–1250
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A gold-decorated masterpiece of the so-called "Zackenstil": brilliant miniatures and stunning calendar medallions as a bridge from the Romanesque to the Gothic style, created in the prestigious Benedictine monastery of St. Michael in Hildesheim
Benedictine Abbey, Hildesheim (Germany) — Ca. 1250
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Created by English artist-monks for their own use at Ramsey Abbey: a unique Psalter with beautiful miniatures of fine Gothic figures of unparalleled vividness
Ramsey Abbey (England) — Last quarter of the 13th century
Formerly: €7980
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Is said to have inspired Picasso's “Guernica”: Didactic legends of the saints on right behavior as a model for King Sancho IV of Castile, illuminated with 22 expressive, gold-decorated miniatures
Spain — Around 1290
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Over 100 radiant gold miniatures alongside azure and gold calligraphy: scenes from the Old and New Testaments brought together in a single, resplendent pictorial cycle for the abbot of Peterborough Abbey
London or Norwich (England) — Around 1300
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With the support of the Queen of France and amazingly realistic miniature depictions: a true-to-life portrait and the writings of the 13th century Spanish polymath Ramon Llull
Arras (France) — First quarter of the 14th century (before 1322)
Formerly: €980
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The oldest surviving copy of the famous Mirror of Human Salvation: the popular medieval devotional book as a rare and memorably illuminated insight into the architecture, clothing, and everyday life of the 14th century
Austria — 1325–1330
Formerly: €1980
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One of the oldest copies of the Divine Comedy and Jacopo della Lana's influential commentary on Dante's magnum opus: the two reunited fragments from the Riccardiana and Braidense libraries
Veneto (Italy) — Second quarter of the 14th century
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Written in one of the oldest Cistercian monasteries in the world: one of the richest and most important sources on the history of the Kuenringer dynasty and Austria, named after its unusual binding made from the skin of a "sow-bear"
Monastery of Zwettl (Austria) — 1327/1328
Formerly: €6800
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A unique Pauper's Bible from the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and Paul in Erfurt: the intriguing Book of Revelation by St. John in equally captivating and refined full-page miniatures for laymen
Erfurt (Germany) — 1340–1350
Formerly: €3480
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St. Francis of Assisi as a paragon of the Imitatio Christi: a unique combination of scenes from the saint’s vita and the Speculum as a Franciscan interpretation of the Christian story of salvation
Avignon (France) — Mid 14th century
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Dante's depictions of hell, purgatory and heaven in expressive miniatures and with subtle gold decoration: the Divine Comedy in an unfinished yet sumptuous codex with 58 elaborate bas-de-page illuminations
Naples (Italy) — Ca. 1370
Formerly: €5980
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Splendid images of aristocratic hunting parties at their royal pastime: a luxuriously illuminated guide to hunting with Gaston Phoebus’s teachings on hunting techniques and the training and care of horses and hunting dogs
France — End of the 14th century
Formerly: €5200
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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
Formerly: €21000
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A magnificent manuscript with an illustrious history of ownership, from John the Fearless to the French king: the imaginative travelogue of a famous jack-of-all-trades, illuminated with 74 beautiful miniatures by three Gothic masters
Paris (France) — Ca. 1410–1412
Formerly: €6650
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First compiled in the 19th century for the Bishop of Vic: a magnificent collection of some of the most beautiful Gothic and Renaissance paintings by Flemish and Spanish artists of the 15th and 16th centuries
Flanders and Spain — 1410–16th century
Formerly: €2980
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A glimpse into the impressive life of the founder of the Franciscan Order: the moving vita of Francis of Assisi in 39 vivid Early Renaissance miniatures of the highest artistic quality
Florence (Italy) — 1427
Formerly: €4900
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A revolution of medieval book illumination: the oldest surviving book of hours with full-page miniatures, lavishly embellished with masterful illuminations by the Rohan Master on every page
Paris or Angers (France) — 1430–1435
Formerly: €5980
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A visually powerful epic about the Second Punic War: the grandeur and power of ancient Rome in Francesco di Stefano's Renaissance masterpiece for Pope Nicholas V is preserved only in fragments
Florence (Italy) — Around 1448
Formerly: €998
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Parzival and the knights of Camelot in search of the Holy Grail: the fifth and last Arthurian novel by Chrétien de Troyes in a splendidly colored 15th century illuminated manuscript
France — Ca. 1450–1460
Formerly: €4980
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A splendid astronomical manuscript for King Ferdinand I of Naples or his son: Ancient mythology and the astronomy of Aratos of Soloi in 40 beautiful, gold-adorned Renaissance miniatures by Matteo Felice
Court of Ferdinand I of Naples, Naples (Italy) — Second half of the 15th century
Formerly: €5980
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A book of hours with a multitude of Italian saints from the possession of the Spanish infanta: the Flemish school of Willem Vrelant in a splendid manuscript for the daughter of King Philip V of Spain
Italy — Second half of the 15th century
Formerly: €2280
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With its 23 full-page miniatures and countless splendid borders, a delight on every page: the opulently illuminated Gothic masterpiece by the renowned Flemish illuminator Willem Vrelant
Bruges (Belgium) — 1455–1460
Formerly: €7200
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Petrus Candidus' famous natural history for the animal-loving Marquis of Mantua: a lexical masterpiece of humanism, subsequently enriched with almost 500 captivating, naturalistic depictions of animals
Italy — Written ca. 1460; Illuminated ca. 1550
Formerly: €2990
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