The Velislav Bible, Finest Picture-Bible of the Late Middle Ages : Biblia depicta as Devotional, Mnemonic and Study Tool /

The Velislav Bible is one of the most beautiful medieval Bohemian manuscripts. It is a heavily illustrated manuscript that contains only short selections of the text, that instruct the reader about the story depicted. The last picture in the manuscript shows a man kneeling before St. Catherine, iden...

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Other Authors: Kernbach, Anna, 1979- (Editor, Contributor), Panusková, Lenka (Editor, Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Latín
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Velislav, > active 14th century.
Bible.
Bible > Picture Bibles.
Bible. > Latin. > Národní knihovna Česke republiky. > Manuscript. > XXIII.C.124.
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Czech.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Enluminure gothique > Republique tcheque.
Manuscrits latins medievaux et modernes > Republique tcheque > Prague > Fac-similes.
Enluminure medievale > Republique tcheque.
Enluminure tcheque > 14e siecle.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic > Czech Republic.
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Czech Republic > Prague > Facsimiles.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > Czech Republic.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Czech > 14th century.
Czech Republic > Prague.
Czech Republic.
Facsimiles.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Studying the Velislav Bible: an overview / Anna Kernbach and Lenka Panušková
  • 2. Image and text in the Velislav Bible: on the interpretation of an illuminated codex / Anna Kernbach and Lenka Panušková
  • 3. The Velislav Bible in the context of Late Medieval biblical retellings and mnemonic aids / Lucie Doležalová
  • 4. The books of Genesis and Exodus in the picture Bibles: looking for an audience / Lenka Panušková
  • 5. The life of Antichrist in the Velislav Bible / Pavlína Cermanová
  • 6. The Antichrist cycle in the Velislav Bible and the representation of the intellectual community / Kateřina Horníčková
  • 7. Ibi predicit hominibus: in search of the practical function of the Velislav Bible / Milena Bartlová
  • 8. The Velislav Bible: critical edition with commentary / Anna Kernbach.

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