Bern Physiologus
The Bern Physiologus (Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Codex Bongarsianus 318) is a 9th-century illuminated copy of the Latin translation of the Physiologus.[1] It was probably produced at Reims[2] about 825–850.[citation needed] It is believed to be a copy of a 5th-century manuscript.[citation needed] Many of its miniatures are set, unframed, into the text block, which was a characteristic of late-antique manuscripts. It is one of the oldest extant illustrated copies of the Physiologus.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Woodruff, Helen (September 1930). "The Physiologus of Bern: A Survival of Alexandrian Style in a Ninth Century Manuscript". The Art Bulletin. 12 (3): 226 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Woodruff, Helen (September 1930). "The Physiologus of Bern: A Survival of Alexandrian Style in a Ninth Century Manuscript". The Art Bulletin. 12 (3): 230 – via JSTOR.
- Calkins, Robert G. (1983). Illuminated books of the Middle Ages. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. p. 21. ISBN 0-8014-1506-3. OCLC 9394443.
Further reading
[edit]- Stavros Lazaris: "Quelques considérations sur l’illustration du Physiologus grec", in: Bestiaires médiévaux : Nouvelles perspectives sur les manuscrits et les traditions textuelles. Actes du XVe colloque international de la Société Internationale Renardienne, Louvain-la-Neuve, 18-22 août 2003, B. Van den Abeele (ed.), Louvain-la-Neuve, 2005 (Textes, études, congrès 21), pp. 141–167 PDF.
- Weitzmann, Kurt, ed., Age of spirituality: late antique and early Christian art, third to seventh century, no. 192, 1979, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ISBN 9780870991790; full text available online from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
External links
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