Apocalypse then: Newly uncovered illuminations from the Renaissance depicting miraculous phenomena The "Book of Miracles" that first surfaced a few years ago and recently made its way into an American private collection is one of the most spectacular new discoveries in the field of Renaissance art. The nearly complete surviving illustrated manuscript, which was created in the Swabian Imperial Free City of Augsburg around 1550, is composed of 169 pages with large-format illustrations in gouache and watercolor depicting ...
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Apocalypse then: Newly uncovered illuminations from the Renaissance depicting miraculous phenomena The "Book of Miracles" that first surfaced a few years ago and recently made its way into an American private collection is one of the most spectacular new discoveries in the field of Renaissance art. The nearly complete surviving illustrated manuscript, which was created in the Swabian Imperial Free City of Augsburg around 1550, is composed of 169 pages with large-format illustrations in gouache and watercolor depicting wondrous and often eerie celestial phenomena, constellations, conflagrations, and floods as well as other catastrophes and occurrences. It deals with events ranging from the creation of the world and incidents drawn from the Old Testament, ancient tradition, and medieval chronicles to those that took place in the immediate present of the book's author and, with the illustrations of the visionary "Book of Revelation," even includes the future end of the world. The surprisingly modern-looking, sometimes hallucinatory illustrations and the cursory descriptions of the "Book of Miracles" strikingly convey a unique view of the concerns and anxieties of the 16th century, of apocalyptic thinking and eschatological expectation. The present facsimile volume reproduces the "Book of Miracles" in its entirety for the first timeand thus makes one of the most important works of the German Renaissance finally available to art lovers and scholars. The introduction puts the codex in its cultural and historical context, and an extensive description of the manuscript and its miniatures, as well as a complete transcript of the text, accompany the facsimile in an appendix.
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Add this copy of The Book of Miracles to cart. $700.00, very good condition, Sold by Atlanta Vintage Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Taschen.
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Near Fine in Very Good + jacket. Book is in a large pictorial clamshell case. The case itself is in Very Good condition with a very minor 1/4 inch scrape to cover photo. The back of the case has an illustration, unmarked. Case contains a paperback book in German and French describing the illustrations. It also contains the hardcover Book of Miracles with the original plates. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards are clean and square. Binding is tight. Text block is clean.
Add this copy of The Book of Miracles Das Wunderzeichenbuch-Le Livre Des to cart. $53.50, very good condition, Sold by Books on the Boulevard rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sherman Oaks, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Taschen America Llc.
Add this copy of The Book of Miracles (Two Volumes) to cart. $577.50, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Tashen.
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VG+ (both volumes have smudges, scuffing & scratching to wraps & cloth. lower corner of vol1 has a small chip to glossy veneer. vol2 has a light discolored spot near spine on lower textblock; does not appear to affect pgs. both volumes clean. clamshell... Oblong, black cloth clamshell case w/ illustration. vol1: oblong, black wrappers w/ illustration & gilt printing; 175 pgs w/ color illustrations. vol2: oblong, black cloth boards w/ illustration & gilt printing; marbled pastedowns & endpapers; approx 192 color plates. Appears to be lightly handled copy. Softcover and clamshell have some scuffs, scratches and minor rubbing. Hardcover plates are a facsimile of the manuscript and have a variety of smudges, foxing, ect that are reproduced from the original. Volume One is parallel English, French and German. It discusses the history of the manuscript and then translates each plate/folio. Volume two is the manuscript beautifully reproduced. Another lavish Taschen Edition.
