THE PADUAN BIBLE PICTURE BOOK - Browsing Facsimile Editions (4K / UHD)

Do you like this #Facsimile? Then contact us under contact@ or visit our homepage: Imagery takes the driver’s seat in this gorgeously illuminated #manuscript of the Old Testament originating from workshop of the so-called “Masters of the Paduan Historiated Bible” ca. 1400, which was associated with the patron Francesco Novello and the Carrara court in Padua. The books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua are illustrated with over 500 masterful #miniatures in simple black and red frames. Most of the miniatures of are arranged four and occasionally three to a page but there are also five full-page miniatures of inter alia the Ark of the Covenant and Temple Menorah. Whether they are depicting interior rooms, landscapes, architectures, people, or animals, one cannot help but be impressed by the miniatures’ charm, naturalism, and immediacy, even when depicting scenes of violence. Not only are the layout and style unique among Italian manuscripts, but this is also the only surviving picture #Bible written in the Italian language and artistically marks a transitionary period between the #Gothic and #Renaissance periods. You can find this and many other facsimiles under: