Libro d'ore Visconti Banco rari 397 e Landau Finaly 22 Firenze
Il Libro d'ore Visconti. Banco rari 397 e Landau Finaly 22 Firenze Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale. 2 Bände Faksimile und Kommentar. 25 x 17,5 cm. Roter OSamt über Holzdeckeln mit je 2 dreiteiligen gegossenen, mehrfach durchbrochenen Silberschließen (2), zus. in aufwändiger dreiteiliger schwarzlackierter OPräsentations-Kassette mit 2 farbigen Metallwappenschildern auf den beiden Klappen und Magnetverschluss. Luzern 2003.
Eines von 500 nummerierten Exemplaren. "Late in his life, the Duke of Milan Gian Galeazzo Visconti, commissioned a series of splendid illuminated volumes dedicated to the representation of the naturalistic world and medicine. Gian Galeazzo Visconti promoted the production of religious manuscripts as well. The Visconti Book of Hours preserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence (Mss. BR 397 e LF 22) is one of the most lavish codices that the Duke of Milan commissioned. With the production of this Book of Hours, along with the manuscripts of secular content just mentioned, the cities of Pavia and Milan became major centers of illuminated manuscripts" (Verlagswerbung). – Tadellos erhalten.
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Il Libro d'ore Visconti. Banco rari 397 e Landau Finaly 22 Firenze Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale. 2 Bände Faksimile und Kommentar. 25 x 17,5 cm. Roter OSamt über Holzdeckeln mit je 2 dreiteiligen gegossenen, mehrfach durchbrochenen Silberschließen (2), zus. in aufwändiger dreiteiliger schwarzlackierter OPräsentations-Kassette mit 2 farbigen Metallwappenschildern auf den beiden Klappen und Magnetverschluss. Luzern 2003.
Eines von 500 nummerierten Exemplaren. "Late in his life, the Duke of Milan Gian Galeazzo Visconti, commissioned a series of splendid illuminated volumes dedicated to the representation of the naturalistic world and medicine. Gian Galeazzo Visconti promoted the production of religious manuscripts as well. The Visconti Book of Hours preserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence (Mss. BR 397 e LF 22) is one of the most lavish codices that the Duke of Milan commissioned. With the production of this Book of Hours, along with the manuscripts of secular content just mentioned, the cities of Pavia and Milan became major centers of illuminated manuscripts" (Verlagswerbung). – Tadellos erhalten.
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