Dec 24, 2020 Rare Books Digital Exhibition — Ornaments: Beautiful Books Beautifully Reproduced
Facsimiles are meticulous reproductions that convey the spirit and power of often-inaccessible, original books. A facsimile is a replica of an original book, created to look as closely the same as possible to the original through state-of-the-art electronic, digital, and conventional techniques in bookmaking. The facsimiles in this digital exhibition reproduce books that date from the early Middle Ages through the sixteenth century.
They range in subject from literary works,
Virgil’s Georgics
La Roman de la Rose, Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun
to religious texts,
The Book of Kells
to herbals,
Dioscorides’ De materia medica
travel books,
Liber Sancti Jacobi, Codex Calixinus
astrological treatises,
Liber physiognomiae
artists’ workshop books,
Reiner Musterbuch
and more.
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Take a virtual scroll through the Rare Books digital exhibition, Ornaments, for a colorful visit to medieval Europe and its treasured books.
Maxine Haggerty
Posted at 18:51h, 15 JanuaryWhat a gorgeous display of these medieval rare books! A needed pleasure at this time of the pandemic restrictions.
RareBooks
Posted at 19:22h, 15 JanuaryThank you, Maxine!