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Manuscripts Of The Austrian National Library
The Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books of the Austrian National Library in Vienna was formed in April 2008 by merging the departments of "Manuscripts, Autographs, and Closed Collections" and of "Incunabula, Old and Valuable Books". Within the library, the manuscripts are given a signature of ''Cod.'' plus an abbreviation of the applicable grouping (mostly by language; in the case of the Japanese and Chinese collection, the more generic ''Cim.'', for ''cimelia'' "heirlooms, treasures" is used). When the context does not make clear that the manuscript is from Vienna, the abbreviation ''Cod. Vindob.'' is used, short for ''Codex Vindobonensis'' (after Vindobona, the ancient Roman name of Vienna). Manuscript groupings The manuscripts are grouped as follows: *European manuscripts: **Cod. 1-15000 (old holdings) **Cod. Ser. n.1-50178 = Codices Series nova - new acquisitions from about 1870 *Classical Armenian, Armenian manuscripts: Cod. Armen. 1-34 = Codices Armeniaci *Ge'ez, Eth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syriac Language
The Syriac language ( ; ), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (), the Mesopotamian language () and Aramaic (), is an Aramaic#Eastern Middle Aramaic, Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer to the dialect's literary usage and standardization, distinguishing it from other Aramaic dialects also known as 'Syriac' or 'Syrian'. In its West-Syriac Rite, West-Syriac tradition, Classical Syriac is often known as () or simply , or , while in its East-Syriac Rite, East-Syriac tradition, it is known as () or (). It emerged during the first century AD from a local Eastern Aramaic languages, Eastern Aramaic dialect that was spoken in the ancient region of Osroene, centered in the city of Edessa. During the Early Christian period, it became the main literary language of various Aramaic-speaking Christian communities in the historical region of Syria (region), Ancient Syria and throughout the Near East. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codex Vindobonensis B 11093
The Codex Vindobonensis B 11093 (Code of the Austrian National Library at Vienna) is an anonymous fechtbuch of 46 pages of drawn illustrations only, with no text, dating to the mid 15th century, probably created in southern Germany. It has been grouped together with the " Gladiatoria" fechtbuch, forming a "Gladiatoria group" outside the mainstream of Johannes Liechtenauer Johannes Liechtenauer (also ''Lichtnauer'', ''Hans Lichtenawer'') was a German Late Middle Ages, German fencing master who had a great level of influence on the German school of swordsmanship, German fencing tradition in the 14th century. Biograp ...'s school. Further reading * Streitberg, W., ''Die Gotische Bibel'' (Heidelberg, 1965) External links Anonymous, Untitled - Cod 11093, c1450 15th-century illuminated manuscripts Combat treatises Manuscripts in the Austrian National Library {{fencing-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hours Of Maria D’Harcourt
The Hours of Maria d'Harcourt is an illuminated book of hours produced in 1415 in Arnhem (the text) and Nijmegen (the illuminations) in the Duchy of Guelders. It follows the Roman liturgy, with 6 full-page miniatures and 86 smaller miniatures, with stylised borders. It is divided into two volumes, the larger of which is held in Berlin at the Staatsbibliothek, the smaller is held in Vienna by the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Description The scribe finished the manuscript in 1415, which had been written over the course of decade at the monastery Marienborn.Van der Laan, p. 185 In the 17th century one part was owned by the Elector of Brandenburg. That is now in the Berlin State Library, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation under the signature ms. germ. quart. 42. The second part was held by the Habsburgs and is now in the Austrian National Library in Vienna under the signature Cod. 1908. The two parts were together in the 1962 exhibition "European art around 1400", in Vienn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hours Of James IV Of Scotland
The Hours of James IV of Scotland, Prayer book of James IV and Queen Margaret (or variants) is an illuminated book of hours, produced in 1503 or later, probably in Ghent. It marks a highpoint of the late 15th century Ghent-Bruges school of illumination and is now in the Austrian National Library in Vienna (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Codex Vindobonensis 1897). It is thought to have been a wedding gift from James IV of Scotland or another Scottish nobleman to James's wife Margaret Tudor on the occasion of their marriage, perhaps finishing a book already started for another purpose. A number of artists worked on the extensive programme of decoration, so that "the manuscript in its entirety presents a rather odd picture of heterogeneity". The best known miniature, a full-page portrait of James at prayer before an altar with an altarpiece of Christ and an altar frontal with James's coat-of-arms, gave his name to the Master of James IV of Scotland, who is now generally ident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hours Of Mary Of Burgundy
The Hours of Mary of Burgundy ()Inglis, I is a book of hours, a form of devotional book for Laity, lay-people, completed in Flanders around 1477, and now in the National Library of Austria. It was probably commissioned for Mary of Burgundy, Mary, the ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands and then the wealthiest woman in Europe. No records survive as to its commission. The book contains 187 folios, each measuring . It consists of the Roman Liturgy of the Hours, 24 calendar roundels, 20 full-page miniature (illuminated manuscript), miniatures and 16 quarter-page format illustrations.Kren & McKendrick, 137 Its production began , and includes miniatures by several artists, of which the foremost was the notname, unidentified but influential Illuminated manuscript, illuminator known as the Master of Mary of Burgundy, who provides the book with its most meticulously detailed illustrations and borders. Other miniatures, considered of an older tradition, were contributed by Simon Marmion, Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Hours Of Galeazzo Maria Sforza
__NOTOC__ The Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, M 1856 is an illuminated book of hours, now in the Austrian National Library in Vienna (Codex Vindobon. 1856). The book used to be the property of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, the fifth Duke of Milan. It was produced in Bruges, Flanders, probably between 1466 and 1477. Its name derives from its black borders and dark colour scheme, also found in the New York Black Hours, Morgan MS 493, and of a type favoured by the Burgundian court. It is one of about seven surviving black books of hours, all luxury books from the circle of the Burgundian court around this time. It is identified by some with the Black Hours of Charles the Bold that is mentioned in contemporary records, but others disagree. It measures , has 154 folios and includes 15 full-page miniatures, 24 small-format miniatures, as well as 71 figurative or ornamental initials, and borders with medallions. The illuminations of the book are entirely attributed to the anonymous Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcuin
Alcuin of York (; ; 735 – 19 May 804), also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was a scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the student of Ecgbert of York, Archbishop Ecgbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian dynasty, Carolingian court, where he remained a figure in the 780s and 790s. Before that, he was also a court chancellor in Aachen. "The most learned man anywhere to be found", according to Einhard's ''Vita Karoli Magni, Life of Charlemagne'' (–833), he is considered among the most important intellectual architects of the Carolingian Renaissance. Among his pupils were many of the dominant intellectuals of the Carolingian era. Alcuin wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises, as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems. In 796, he was made abbot of Marmoutier Abbey, Tours, Marmoutier Abbey, in Tours, where he worked on perfecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codex Vindobonensis 795
The Codex Vindobonensis 795 (Vienna Austrian National Library Codex) is a 9th-century manuscript, most likely compiled in 798 or shortly thereafter (after Arno of Salzburg returned from Rome to become archbishop). It contains letters and treatises by Alcuin, including a discussion of the Gothic alphabet. It also contains a description of the Old English runes. The Codex Vindobonensis 795 is a collection of letters of Alcuin, as compiled by Arno of Salzburg; it also contains two texts about the topography of Rome, particularly its shrines: the ''Notitia ecclesiarium urbis Romae'' (''Notice of the church of the city of Rome'') and the ''De locis sanctis martyrum quae sunt foris civitatis Romae'' (''The locations of the holy martyrs outside the city of Rome''), neither of which were written by Alcuin. The manuscript seems to be an attempt to imagine the reconstruction of Rome, as it also contains correspondence between Arno and Alcuin about the rebuilding of the monastery of St. St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Boniface
Boniface, OSB (born Wynfreth; 675 –5 June 754) was an English Benedictines, Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of Francia during the eighth century. He organised significant foundations of the Catholic Church in Germany, church in Germany and was made Elector of Mainz, Archbishop of Mainz by Pope Gregory III. He was martyred in Frisia in 754, along with 52 others, and his remains were returned to Fulda, where they rest in a sarcophagus which remains a site of Christian pilgrimage. Boniface's life and death as well as his work became widely known, there being a wealth of material available — a number of , especially the near-contemporary , legal documents, possibly some sermons, and above all his correspondence. He is venerated as a saint in the Christian church and became the patron saint of Germania, known as the "Apostle to the Germans". Norman Cantor notes the three roles Boniface played that made him "one of the truly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codex Vindobonensis 751
The Codex Vindobonensis 751, also known as the Vienna Boniface Codex, is a ninth-century codex comprising four different manuscripts, the first of which is one of the earliest remaining collections of the correspondence of Saint Boniface. The codex is held in the Austrian National Library in Vienna.hello History of the codex The section containing the Boniface correspondence dates from the ninth century, and was most likely copied in Mainz—Boniface had been appointed Archbishopric of Mainz, archbishop of Mainz in 745, and the copyist used originals of the letters available there.Unterkircher 9. The codex was later moved to Cologne, where it was marked (on 166v) as belonging to the library of the Cologne Cathedral.Unterkircher 13. The modern history of the codex begins in 1554 when , who had entered the service of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian II in that year, found the manuscript in Cologne and brought it to Vienna. Von Niedbruck collected materials to aid with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum
(Medieval Latin for "Deeds of the Bishops of Hamburg") is a historical treatise written between 1073 and 1076 by Adam of Bremen, who made additions (''scholia'') to the text until his death (possibly 1081; before 1085). It is one of the most important sources of the medieval history of Northern Europe, and the oldest textual source reporting the discovery of coastal North America. It covers the entire period known as the Viking Age, from the foundation of the bishopric under Willehad in 788 until the rule of prince-bishop Adalbert in Adam's own time (1043–1072). The text focuses on the history of the Hamburg-Bremen diocese and its bishops. As the bishops had jurisdiction over the missions to Scandinavia, it also gives a report of the Norse paganism of the period. The existence of the work was forgotten in the later medieval period, until it was re-discovered in the late 16th century in the library of Sorø Abbey, Denmark. Contents The treatise consist of the followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
