Ruth Master

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One of the illuminators who painted the Wenceslas Bible with over 640 large-format miniatures around 1400 is referred to as the Ruth Master or Master of the Book of Ruth of the Wenceslas Bible . The artist, not known by name, got his emergency name after the miniature he created in the book of Ruth, the 34th position. He only painted this side, maybe he was an assistant z. B. the Ezra master .

The Ruth Masters evidenced by the expressive plastic of the painted figures from him an understanding and influence of the works of sculpture of his time. It is an addition of a new direction in the Soft Style to his painting style.

Like all artists working in the so-called Wenceslas workshop , the Ruth master followed the instructions, some of which can still be found on the pages, as to which and how a scene should be designed graphically. This indicates his work under a workshop management who coordinated the complete edition of the Wenceslas Bible.

literature

  • Wenzelsbibel .. Band 4: judge, Ruth and Samuel I . Akademische Druck-u.Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1984. Complete color facsimile edition of the books Richter, Ruth and Samuel I from the Wenceslas Bible: according to the Codices Vindobonenses in Vienna, Austrian National Library, Cod. Vindob. 2760, fol. 1–74, reproduction of the 148 pages (74 sheets).
  • Wenzelsbibel: King Wenceslas magnificent manuscript of the German Bible Volume 4: Judicum, Ruth and I Regum . Harenberg ,. Dortmund 1990. Reduced facsimile edition based on the original in the Austrian National Library in Vienna, Cod. 2760, explained by H. Appuhn
  • F. Jelinek: The language of the Wenceslas Bible in its relationship to the language of the most important German literary and legal monuments from Bohemia and Moravia in the 14th century and the imperial chancellery of the Luxembourgers: a contribution to the history of the New High German written language . Hilarian printing house, Gorizia 1898

Individual evidence

  1. ^ G. Schmid: Painting until 1450 . In: KM Swoboda (Ed.): Gotik in Böhmen . Munich 1969, pp. 167-321
  2. ↑ J. Fajt (Ed.): Charles IV. Emperor by God's grace, art and representation of the House of Luxembourg 1310-1437 . Catalog for the exhibition at Prague Castle 2006. Deutscher Kunstverlag 2006, p. 486f.