Description:
BSB-Provenienz: München, Franziskanerkloster
Neuere Blattzählung 1 - 287, zählt 232 doppelt, springt von 271
auf 273 Unbeschrieben: I - II, 287
438 kolorierte Federzeichnungen
Jans Enikel
Kurzaufnahme einer Handschrift Extent:
II, 287 Blätter Abstract:
Englische Version: In its original version, the Weltchronik
(Chronicle of the world) of Jans Enikel (1230-90) survives only in
a few manuscripts, most of which contain a corrupted text in which
Enikel's Chronicle has been mixed with other world chronicles of
the time. In the present manuscript the abridged text of Enikel's
work is interrupted by numerous excerpts taken from the
Christherre-Chronik (Christherre chronicle). This metrical
chronicle, written in two columns on 287 folios, which is
incomplete with several leaves missing at the beginning and at the
end of the codex, belonged to the Franciscan monastery in Munich
until its dissolution in 1803. The Chronicle is illustrated with
colored pen drawings, which usually are set in front of a neutral,
rectangular color background, often directly on the parchment. In
the production process two hands were involved. The depictions
executed by the second hand (from leaf 22 recto onwards) reach well
beyond the framework provided and often extend to the edges of the
leaves. They are painted in bright colors and are characterized, in
spite of the somewhat crude execution, by a great vivacity. They do
not show any direct link with the older Bavarian-Austrian cycles of
world chronicles. Stylistically as well these paintings represent,
due to their connection to the international style of the early
15th century, a new phase in the tradition. The manuscript's
illumination may have been continued in 1420 after a brief
interruption. At that time the text already had been copied and the
first illustrations executed. // Autor: Elisabeth Klemm ; Karin
Schneider Subjects:
World History
Handschrift
Geschichte 1400-1500
900
15th century
Publication Statement:
Bayern-Österreich 1. Hälfte 15. Jh.
Place
Preferred form
Bavaria (Germany)
Original form
Bayern
Other form
Bavière (Allemagne)
Bavière
Baviera
Bavaria
Beieren
East Upper German-speaking region (Region of Bavaria/Austria)
