Details

Subject(s)

• Bible Gospels—Manuscripts, Latin—Facsimiles [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Facsimiles [Browse]

Writer of supplementary text

• Kahsnitz, Rainer [Browse]
• Rücker, Elisabeth [Browse]

Former owner

• Dedi, Hans, 1918-2016 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Facsimiles [Browse]

Notes

• Title from the inside cover of the facsimile volume.
• Volume 1 contains a facsimile of the Codex Aureus Epternacensis (also known as the Codex Aureus of Echternach), a manuscript written and illuminated in the first half of the 11th century and featuring 16 full-page miniatures, 5 evangelist portraits, 10 canon tables, 9 full-page initials and 16 half-page initials. Volume 2 is a companion set of commentary with title: Das Goldene Evangelienbuch von Echternach, Codex aureus Epternacensis ... Kommentarband / von Rainer Kahsnitz.
• Facsimile edition of 850 copies published in three versions with the same book-blocks, but different bindings: the standard edition, the semi-deluxe and the luxury edition.
• Princeton copy 1: Number 10 of 250 copies printed in a deluxe version with reproduction of the original binding featuring gems, enamel, and ivory decoration.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Language note

Text in Latin, commentary in German.

Contents

• Bd. [1] Faksimile
• Bd. [2] Kommentarband / von Rainer Kahsnitz ; mit einem Beitrag von Elisabeth Rücker.

Provenance

Princeton copy 1: Bookplate of Hans Dedi (1918-2016) on the inside cover of volume 2 (Kommentarband).

Other title(s)

Codex Aureus of Echternach

ISBN

• 3107578088
• 9783107578085

OCLC

1041618432

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