Major works of late antique illumination
The main works of late antique book illumination are those illuminated manuscripts that were created in late antique times and are highlighted in art historical literature as works of special artistic importance.
The number of illustrated works that has survived is low due to the loss of books in late antiquity . From the late antique book art developed in the Eastern Roman Empire , the Byzantine Illumination and put this on. A clear stylistic separation from the main works of Byzantine illumination is not possible because of the continuity of style.
List of manuscripts
Illustration | Common name | Dating | Localization | Content; particularities | signature |
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Vergilius Vaticanus | around 400 | Rome | Virgil | Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana , Vat. Lat. 3225 | |
Vergilius Romanus | 5th century | eastern Mediterranean or Syria | Virgil | Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Lat. 3867 | |
Quedlinburger Itala | 5th century | Bible | Berlin, State Library of Prussian Cultural Heritage , Cod. Theol. lat. fol. 485 | ||
Iliad Ambrosiana | around 500 | Alexandria | Homer : Iliad | Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana , Cod. F. 205 Inf. | |
Viennese Dioscurides | Early 6th century | Constantinople | Herbal Book | Vienna, Austrian National Library , Cod. Med. gr. 1 | |
Viennese Genesis | Early 6th century | Constantinople | genesis | Vienna, Austrian National Library, Cod. Theol. size 31 | |
Codex purpureus Rossanensis | Early 6th century | Syria | Gospels | Rossano, Diocesan Museum | |
Codex Sinopensis | Early 6th century | Constantinople | Gospels | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale , Suppl.gr. 1286 | |
Pseudo-Apuleius | 6th century | Italy | Herbal Book | Leiden, University Library MS. Voss. Q 9 | |
Rabbula Gospels | 6th century | Syria | Gospels | Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana , cod. Plut. I, 56 | |
Cotton Genesis | 6th century | Alexandria | genesis | London, British Library , Ms. Cotton Otho B VI | |
Augustine Gospels | 6th century | Northern Italy | Gospels | Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Lib. MS. 286 | |
Ashburnham Pentateuch | 7th century | North Africa or Spain | Pentateuch | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS nouv. acq. lat. 2334 |
literature
- Kurt Weitzmann : Late Antiquity and Early Christian Illumination. Prestel, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7913-0401-1
- Ingo F. Walther, Norbert Wolf: Masterpieces of book illumination. Taschen, Cologne et al. 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4747-X
Web links
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