Dear colleagues,
today, I can draw your attention to another new publication from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich:
Marianne Reuter
Die Codices iconographici der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek
Teil 1: Die Handschriften des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit bis zur Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts
Band 8 der Reihe Katalog der illuminierten Handschriften der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek in München
ISBN 978-3-89500-848-1
2013, Leinen. 360 Seiten, 320 x 245 mm, 46 farb. Abb., weitere 60 farbige Abb. auf 40 Tafeln
148,00 ¤
The fonds of the Codices iconographici in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich comprises late mediaeval and early modern pictorial manuscripts and collections of images which contain only a small amount of text. The collection is arranged in a thematic structure and consists of works on architecture, astronomy, botanics, genealogy, heraldry, on costumes and warfare as well as zoography. In the catalogue, detailed descriptions are published for the first time of those manuscripts from the collection which originated before the mid-17th century as well as 60 colour illustrations.
The Codices iconographici are a type of manuscript which one would expect to find in a collection of graphic art rather than in a library. While the codices, broadsides and rolls do contain some text, the image dominates - partly in the form of illustrations without much aesthetic aspiration, but partly also at a highly sophisticated level of artistry. The collection comprises some works of considerable art-historical importance: works of the 16th century by Hans Burgkmair the elder and the younger, Hans Mielich and Sebastiano Serlio, of the 17th century by Joachim Sandrart and Simon Vouet, of the 18th century by August Johann Roesel von Rosenhof, works of the 19th century by Friedrich Ludwig Sckell, Friedrich Gärtner and other architects, and of the 20th century children's book illustrations by Herbert Pothorn. The focus of the collection is on the 16th to the 18th century, with works predominantly stemming from the art collections of the Wittelsbach dynasty located in Munich and in Mannheim.
In the course of the project, which was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, all manuscripts described in the catalogue were fully digitized in colour. More information can be found on
http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/Codices-Iconographici-CodIcon-online.174+M57d0acf4f16.0.html
Kind regards,
Bettina Wagner
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Dr. Bettina Wagner
Leiterin des Handschriftenerschließungszentrums
Abteilung fuer Handschriften und Alte Drucke
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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