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M. Moleiro Editor
M. Moleiro Editor is a publishing house specialising in high-quality facsimile reproductions of codex, codices, maps and illuminated manuscripts. Founded in Barcelona in 1991, the firm has reproduced many masterpieces from the history of illumination. Background In 1976, whilst still a student, Manuel Moleiro created Ebrisa, a publishing house specialised in books on art, science and cartography which collaborated on a variety of joint enterprises with other publishers including Times Books, Encyclopædia Britannica, Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan, Edita, Imprimerie Nationale and Franco Maria Ricci. In 1991, Moleiro decided to create a company with his own name and brand. Since then he has specialised in identical reproductions of some of the greatest medieval and Renaissance bibliographic treasures, obtaining authorisation to do so from libraries and museums of great universal renown such as the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the British Library, the Pierpont Morgan Library, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facsimile
A facsimile (from Latin ''fac simile'', "to make alike") is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, Old master print, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible. It differs from other forms of reproduction by attempting to replicate the source as accurately as possible in scale, color, condition, and other material qualities. For books and manuscripts, this also entails a complete copy of all pages; hence, an incomplete copy is a "partial facsimile". Facsimiles are sometimes used by scholars to research a source that they do not have access to otherwise, and by museums and archives for media preservation and Art conservation and restoration, conservation. Many are sold commercially, often accompanied by a volume of commentary. They may be produced in limited editions, typically of 500–2,000 copies, and cost the equivalent of a few thousand United States dollars. The term "fax" is a shortened form of "facsimile" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Treasures
The Book of Treasures also referred to as Tesoro and Trésor, from its original title in old French ''"Li livres dou tresor"'', is a series of manuscripts written by Brunetto Latini, a Florentine politician, poet, historian and philosopher, teacher and friend of Dante Alighieri. History This production was written in Langues d'oïl, during the author's exile in France between years 1260 and 1267, because as the author explained, "la parleure est plus delitable et plus comune a touz languaiges" ("It was the most enjoyable and most common spoken language" back in 13th century). It is a summary of the knowledge of the day. It is regarded as the first encyclopedia written in a modern European language.A. D'Agostino, ''Itinerari e forme della prosa'', in ''Storia della letteratura italiana'', Roma, Salerno Editrice, 1995, p.558. The Italian 13th-century translation was misattributed to Bono Giamboni. The original is held at the National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg. Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book Of Felicity
The ''Book of Felicity'' (''Matali' al-saadet'') is an illuminated manuscript made in the Ottoman Empire in 1582. Commissioned by Sultan Murad III, who ruled the empire from 1574 to 1595, its text was translated from Arabic and all its miniatures were apparently directed by the famous master Nakkaş Osman, who undoubtedly painted the opening series of images related to the signs of the zodiac. Osman, the head of the painters at the seraglio workshop from 1570 onwards, created a style renowned for its lifelike portraits that influenced other artists in Murad's court. Murad III and his times In the latter half of the 16th century, the domains of the Ottoman Empire stretched from Budapest to Baghdad, and Oman and Tunisia to Mecca and Medina, encompassing such great cities as Damascus, Alexandria and Cairo. The Turks also controlled the Silk Route, the Black Sea and the eastern half of the Mediterranean. The sultan governed the empire from Constantinople, where architects, pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bible Of St Louis
The Bible of St Louis, also called the Rich Bible of Toledo or simply the Toledo Bible, is a ''Bible moralisée'' in three volumes, made between 1226 and 1234 for King Louis IX of France (b. 1214) at the request of his mother Blanche of Castile. It is an illuminated manuscript that contains selections of the text of the Bible, along with a commentary and illustrations. Each page pairs Old and New Testament episodes with illustrations explaining their moral significance in terms of typology. Every excerpt of the Bible is illustrated with two miniatures. The first shows a representation of the text fragment as such, the second shows a theological or an allegorical scene explaining the text fragment in the light of the teachings of the Church. The miniatures are accompanied by the Bible text and by a short comment on the typological relationship between the two images. Like other similar works, the book does not contain the full text of the Bible and is, despite its name, actually no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bible Moralisée Of Naples
The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a variety of forms originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. These texts include instructions, stories, poetry, and prophecies, among other genres. The collection of materials that are accepted as part of the Bible by a particular religious tradition or community is called a biblical canon. Believers in the Bible generally consider it to be a product of divine inspiration, but the way they understand what that means and interpret the text can vary. The religious texts were compiled by different religious communities into various official collections. The earliest contained the first five books of the Bible. It is called the Torah in Hebrew and the Pentateuch (meaning ''five books'') in Greek; the second oldest part was a colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerona Beatus
The Gerona Beatus is a 10th-century illuminated manuscript currently housed in the museum of Girona Cathedral, Catalonia, Spain. The manuscript contains two separate documents: the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana, a late eighth-century manuscript popular in medieval SpainSo popular, that twenty-six illustrated copies have survived, dating from the late 9th to the early 13th centuries. and Jerome's commentary on the Book of Daniel.Daniel is rich in eschatological prophecy, so the inclusion of Jerome’s commentary with Beatus’ work makes sense on a thematic basis. It includes 284 extant folios, each measuring 400 mm by 260 mm, copiously illustrated with 184 surviving miniatures, and has been described as ''one of the most richly decorated of the Beatus Commentaries, and one of the best documented.''Williams, John W. "Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus and Commentary on Daniel by Jerome." ''The Art of Medieval Spain, A.D. 500–1200.'' (New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallard Atlas
The Vallard Atlas is a world atlas, one of the Dieppe maps, Dieppe school of maps, produced in 1547. It is believed to have been owned by Nicolas Vallard, its authorship being unknown. History It is considered one of the most notable 16th-century atlases of the Dieppe school of Cartography. It is believed that Nicholas Vallard was the first owner and this is why the publication bears his name The atlas is held at the Huntington Library based in San Marino, California, San Marino, California, USA. Description The atlas consists of 68 pages, and contains 15 Nautical chart, nautical charts with rich illustrations as well as a calendar and some in-depth maritime information. The atlas contains numerous Illuminated manuscript, illuminations that show the New World’s inhabitants, and this is why it is considered a valuable testimony of discovery. The original publication is bound in crimson leather with golden decorations. The maps depicted in the atlas are inverted compared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miller Atlas
The Miller Atlas, also known as Lopo Homem-Reineis Atlas, is a richly illustrated Portugal, Portuguese partial world atlas dated from 1519, including a dozen charts. It is a joint work of the cartographers Lopo Homem, Pedro Reinel and Jorge Reinel, and illustrated by miniaturist António de Holanda. The regions represented are the North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Europe, the Azores Archipelago, Madagascar, Horn of Africa, the Indian Ocean, Indonesia, the China Sea, the Moluccas, Brazil and the Mediterranean Sea. It was acquired by the librarian Bénigne Emmanuel Clement Miller in 1855 at a bookseller in Santarém, Portugal, hence the name Miller Atlas. In 1897, his widow sold it to the National Library of France, Nautical Atlas of the World, Circular World Map of the Portuguese Hemisphere and Title Page, ''National Library of Congress'' https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668720/ where it has stayed ever since. It stands out for details of the map 'Terra Brasilis', less than twenty year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacuinum Sanitatis
''Taqwīm aṣ‑Ṣiḥḥa'' ( ''Maintenance of Health'') is originally an 11th-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. In the West, the work is known by the Latinized name taken by its translations: ''Tacuinum'' (sometimes ''Taccuinum'') ''Sanitatis.'' It is a medieval handbook mainly on health, aimed at a cultured lay audience. The text exists in several variant Latin versions, the manuscripts of which are characteristically so profusely illustrated that one student called the ''Tacuinum'' "a 00picture book", only "nominally a medical text". Numerous European versions were made in increasing numbers between the 14th and 15th centuries. History The British Library possesses in its Oriental Manuscripts collection a presentation copy of ''Taqwīm as‑Siḥḥa'' from 1213 copied in Arabic for al-Malik al-Ẓāhir, son of Saladin. The terse paragraphs of the treatise were freely translated into Latin in mid-13th century Palermo or Naples, which continued an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Breviary
The ''Isabella Breviary'' (''Ms. 18851'') is a late 15th-century illuminated manuscript housed in the British Library, London. Queen Isabella I was given the manuscript shortly before 1497 by her ambassador Francisco de Rojas to commemorate the double marriage of her children and the children of Emperor Maximilian of Austria and Duchess Mary of Burgundy. Origin The work known as the breviary of Isabella I of Castile is a ''Breviarium Romanum'' made in Flanders for a Castilian nobleman Francisco de Rojas near the end of the 15th century. It was a present for Isabel at the occasion of the marriage of her children with the children of Maximilian.On Folio 437 recto the Coat of arms and the motto of Francisco de Rojas can be found together with the dedication of the codex. Francisco de Rojas y Escobar was a Castilian diplomat who carried out several important diplomatic missions for Ferdinand. He negotiated the marriage between Infante Juan, the Crown Prince, and Margaret of Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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