Description:
Datierte Handschrift
Kurzaufnahme einer Handschrift
Philippus de Bergamo Extent:
I+227+I Bl. - Papier Abstract:
Englische Version: This magnificent manuscript was written by
Leonhard Heff in Ratisbon (present-day Regensburg) and must have
been produced- according to a note in the text - in or around 1476.
Bound by the Ratisbon Black Friars, it later was transferred to the
nearby Benedictine monastery of Saint Emmeram and from there to the
Bavarian State Library. It contains the text of Speculum regiminis
(Mirror of government) by Philippus de Bergamo (Giacomo Filippo
Forèsti, 1434-1520), an Augustinian monk who was an expert on
canon law, known for his great philosophical erudition, and the
author of several important historical works. Speculum regiminis is
an extended commentary on Catonis Disticha (The distichs of Cato),
a popular medieval schoolbook for teaching Latin and moral values.
The manuscript was illuminated by the noted German Renaissance
painter Berthold Furtmeyr (active 1460–1501) with ten opaque
watercolor initials in blue, rose, green, red, bluish grey, and
gold, with leaves and tendrils. Furtmeyr and his followers were
important contributors to the ancient Ratisbon School of
Illumination. An artist of great renown, Furtmeyr illuminated many
impressive works, including this manuscript, the Furtmeyr Bible,
the Salzburg feast missal in five volumes (all now at the Bavarian
State Library in Munich, Germany), and many other works. The artist
shows mastery of the difficult task of successfully combining
pictures, ornament, and text with great authority. Furtmeyr is
famous for his handling of colors, his brightly shining
illuminations, and the extreme diligence that marks his
craftsmanship. Although he was still deeply rooted in the Middle
Ages, his love of color, nocturnal scenes, and female nudes mark a
transition to the Renaissance. Subjects:
1475
Germany
Deutschland Publication Statement:
Regensburg 1475/76
