The Brandenburg Evangelistary

The Brandenburg Evangelistary
Full-page miniatures on a gold background, the highest level of craftsmanship and intense coloring characterize this magnificent manuscript.

Around the year 1210, highly specialized illuminators in the archbishopric city of Magdeburg created an Evangelistary on behalf of the Premonstratensians of the newly established Brandenburg Cathedral Chapter, which is one of the most beautiful German manuscripts of the 13th century. The magnificently illuminated work captivates with its opulence and the expressiveness of the people depicted. (PDF document)

Cover The Brandenburger EvangelistarThe Brandenburg Evangelistary

Quaternio Verlag Luzern
Lucerne, 2021
Facsimile edition of the manuscript Ms. 1 of the Brandenburg Cathedral Monastery

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