Description:
Foliierung unregelmäßig: 239 Blätter gezählt, aber Bl 56 zwei
Mal
Ausstattung: Zahlreiche Fleuronnée-Initialen 8 Rankeninitialen 159
Miniaturen
Rudolf von Ems
Wunderle: CCMSBM V,9
Blatt- und Textverluste in fast allen Lagen
Eine Miniatur aus der Handschrift befindet sich in der Graphischen
Sammlung in München
BSB-Provenienz: Aus der Gräflich Toerringschen Bibliothek zu
Gutenzell (Kreis Biberach) erworben im Januar 1909
Altsignatur: Cim 104
Kurzaufnahme einer Handschrift Extent:
II + 240 + I Bl. - Pergament und Papier Alternative Title:
Cim. 104 Abstract:
Englische Version: The manuscript of the Weltchronik (Chronicle of
the world) presented here was produced in about the year 1300 in
the Passau region of Bavaria. With its 240 parchment leaves, the
manuscript is not as extensive as one might expect from its title.
The strange-looking ancient style of 159 miniatures in gold and
bright body colors, interspersed in the text, shows its debt to the
so-called Zackenstil (jagged style). The abstract geometric
treatment of garments and other fabric, which are placed in
strongly angled folds, and the resolute gestures and movements of
the characters, especially evoke the impression of being frozen in
action. The wide oval faces have a uniform expression. However, the
way that an arm, leg, or axe frequently overflows the edge of a
frame, the expressive gestures of oversized hands, and the twists
and turns of heads in the images nevertheless give the figures a
strong sense of momentum. The miniatures probably hark back to a
southwest German source, the relationship of which to the original
Weltchronik manuscript of Rudolf of Ems is unsettled. The codex is
also decorated with an abundance of red-and-blue fleuronnée
lombards (pen-flourished initials) at the beginning of each section
of the text. In addition, there are eight tendril-like initials
with dragons in gold and body color at the beginning of individual
books. In the 17th century the codex was owned by the Munich
patrician Ferdinand Barth of Harmating. It was passed on to the
library of the Count of Törring-Gutenzell, who eventually sold it
to the Bavarian Court and State Library in 1909. // Autor:
Béatrice Hernad Subjects:
World History
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