Description:
Unbeschrieben: I-II, 1, 8v, 213, 233v - 237v, 240v - 241r, 320r -
325v Textverlust: je 1 Bl fehlt zwischen 47 und 49 (durch neueres
Bl 48 mit Textnachtrag ergänzt), zwischen 212 und 214 (durch
neueres leeres Bl ergänzt), zwischen 250 und 251, 266 und 267; die
neueren Bl 234 - 235 und 320 - 321 sind für unbeschriebene
fehlende Bl eingebunden
Altsignatur: Clm 13146
BSB-Provenienz: Regensburg, Stadtbibliothek
Mundart: elsässisch
Kurzaufnahme einer Handschrift
78 + 27 kolorierte Federzeichnungen, Hagenau, Werkstatt Diebold
Laubers Extent:
II + 325 Bl. - Papier Alternative Title:
Clm 13146 Abstract:
Englische Version: Illustrated manuscripts of vernacular
paraphrases of biblical history, so-called history Bibles, are
probably the best-known products of the workshop of Diebold Lauber
in Hagenau, Alsace. Like this manuscript, most of them transmit a
recension that is based both on the prose version of the world
chronicle by Rudolf von Ems and on Brother Philipp's Life of the
Virgin Mary. Lauber was a professional scribe who profited from his
contacts at the bailiff's office, through which he was able to find
new customers. While Lauber's name is first documented in the
1440s, his scribal workshop existed in various forms from circa
1420 to circa 1470, producing numerous manuscripts, of which around
70 have been identified. The wide assortment of products that he
advertised suggests that Lauber may have kept a stock of his books.
Lauber's workshop is often viewed as a precursor of a printing
house, because rationalized methods of production were employed in
order to reduce the costs of labor. As can be observed here, the
quires are composed of individual leaves and the text is written in
simple Gothic cursive letters. The text is structured by means of
indices, titles and chapter headings. Also, the simply colored pen
illustrations drawn directly on the paper, in most cases without a
border or background, reveal a tendency towards serial production.
With a limited range of artistic means, a small number of
iconographic types were used for various genres of texts. The
illustrations most characteristic for Lauber's workshop were
created by the painters of the so-called “Malergruppe A,” a
group of artists active between 1425 and 1450, who were also
responsible for the drawings in the manuscript shown. The
manuscript has lost three of its original illustrations. // Autor:
Elisabeth Wunderle Subjects:
Bible History Bibles
220 Publication Statement:
Hagenau/Elsass 2. Viertel 15. Jh.
