Liber viaticus of Johannes von Neumarkt

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Liber viaticus - Saint Wenceslas, book illumination, Bohemia, around 1360
Liber viaticus - Annunciation, book illumination, Bohemia, around 1360

The Liber viaticus by Johannes von Neumarkt is a breviary that was written between 1360 and 1364. The travel area of ​​the then Bishop of Leitomischl and Chancellor of Emperor Charles IV. Johannes von Neumarkt was painted in Gothic style by an illuminator who is not known by name . The book with the full name Liber viaticus Domini Ioannis Episcopi Lutomyszlensis is one of the most important works of Bohemian book art . It is now in the National Museum in Prague.

context

The prayer book, intended for the personal use of the bishop and humanist from Silesia , was created at a time when Emperor Charles IV was promoting book culture in Bohemia. The Prague Bishop Johann IV von Dražice and his successor, the first Archbishop of Prague and Chancellor of Charles University , Ernst von Pardubitz and other high-ranking personalities at the court of Charles IV also collected valuable works of international and Bohemian book art for their libraries, some of which they donated to Bohemian monasteries. As early as 1356, Johannes von Neumarkt assigned his library to the Augustinian monastery of St. Thomas in Prague .

In the style of the master of Liber viaticus , the influence of mainly Italian but also southern German, Austrian and French style elements can be seen. The promoters of book art in Bohemia had brought numerous French, Italian and other manuscripts to the Bohemian monastery libraries. The mixture of styles resulted in an independent style. With the support of Charles IV and his successor Wenceslaus IV, Prague and Bohemia became a cultural center.

literature

  • Jiří Fajt u. a. (Ed.): Charles IV., Emperor by God's grace. Art and Representation among the Luxembourgers 1347–1437 . (Catalog of the exhibition at Prague Castle, February - May 2006). Munich, Berlin 2006
  • Albert Boeckler, Paul Buberl, Hans Wegener: Illumination . In: Real Lexicon on German Art History. Vol. 2. Munich 1950, Col. 1420ff.
  • Jan Květ: Liber viaticus Jana ze Středy . In: Volné směry XXXIII, 1936/37, pp. 171–178

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jiří Fajt u. a. (Ed.): Charles IV., Emperor by God's grace. Art and Representation among the Luxembourgers 1347–1437 (catalog of the exhibition at Prague Castle, February - May 2006). Munich, Berlin 2006
  2. ^ Prague, National Museum, cod. XIII
  3. ↑ cf. in addition Albert Boeckler, Paul Buberl, Hans Wegener: Illumination . In: Real Lexicon on German Art History. Vol. 2 Munich 1950, Col. 1491f.
  4. ↑ s. also JK Hoensch : History of Bohemia: from the Slavic conquest to the present . (Beck's Historical Library). C. H. Beck, 1997, p. 102