Major works of Romanesque book illumination

The main works of Romanesque book illumination are those illuminated manuscripts that were created in the Romanesque period and are highlighted in art-historical literature as works of particular artistic rank (see especially the general overviews given in the literature list).

Starting around the late 11th century, based on the architecture, the European art styles, which were also regionally different, were summarized as Romanesque . The transition to Gothic book illumination took place with time delays in different regions. While the style change in France and England began at the end of the 12th century, Romanesque forms remained dominant in Germany until around 1300.

List of manuscripts

Illustration	Common name	Dating	Localization, painting school	Content; particularities	signature
		1109/11	Citeaux	Moralia in job	Dijon, Bibliothèque publique, Cod. 168-173
	Stephan Harding's Bible	1109/11	Citeaux	Bible	Dijon, Bibliothèque publique, Cod. 12-15
	Albani Psalter	around 1125	St. Albans Abbey	Psalter	Hildesheim, Cathedral Library, Ms St. Godehard 1
	Stuttgart Passionale , also Zwiefalter Passionale or Hirsauer Passionale	second quarter of the 12th century	Zwiefalten abbey , Kloster Hirsau	Passionale , consisting of three different parts: pars hiemalis (Cod. Bibl. Fol. 57; around 1120–1125; initials 136–150 r : around 1130–1140, drawing 262 r : 3rd quarter of the 12th century), pars aestivalis (Cod. Bibl. Fol. 56; around 1125–1130; drawing 135r : 2nd half of the 12th century), pars tertia (Cod. Bibl. Fol. 58; 1130–1140)	Stuttgart, Württemberg State Library, Cod. Bibl. fol. 56-58
	Melisende Psalter	around 1140	Jerusalem	Psalter; strongly influenced by Byzantine and Islamic book illumination ; probably originated on behalf of Fulk V of Anjou for his wife Melisende , Queen of Jerusalem	London, British Library, MS Egerton 1139
	Aberdeen Bestiary	12th Century		bestiary	Aberdeen, University Library, MS 24
	Hunterian Psalter	around 1170		Psalter	Glasgow, University Library, Sp. Coll. MS Hunter U.3.2 (229)
	Henry the Lion Gospel Book	around 1170/80	Helmarshausen	Gospels	Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Library, Cod. Guelf. 105 Noviss. fol. and Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm. 30055
	Hortus Deliciarum	around 1176-1196	Mount Odile	Hortus Deliciarum by Herrad von Landsberg	Former Strasbourg, City Library, burned during the siege of Strasbourg in 1870
	Liber Scivias	third quarter of the 12th century	Rupertsberg	Liber Scivias of Hildegard von Bingen	Former Wiesbaden, Hessian State Library, Ms. I (missing)
	Welf Chronicle	around 1190	Vineyard	timeline	Fulda, State Library, Ms. D 11
	Landgrave Psalter	1208-1213	Lower Saxony	Psalter; Zackenstil passes to Gothic via	Stuttgart, Württemberg State Library, Ms. HB II 24
	Berthold sacramentary	around 1215	Vineyard	Sacramentary; at the transition from Romanesque to Gothic over	New York, Morgan Library M.710

literature

• Ingo F. Walther, Norbert Wolf: Masterpieces of book illumination. Cologne et al., Taschen 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4747-X

Remarks

1. ↑ Stuttgart Passionale in the picture index of art and architecture .

Web links

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