Manuscript summary: This psalter from the 12th century is part of a collection formerly owned by the library of the double cloister of Muri. It was later transferred to the cloister at Hermetschwil. The cycle of miniatures is incomplete; the calendar includes one row of death records.
Via Flickr: Manuscript title: Silbereisen: Chronicon Helvetiae, Part II
Manuscript summary: A richly illustrated Swiss chronicle in three parts, or books. The newest and most comprehensive book (Part I) contains the origin and history of the Confederation up to the 14th century. The oldest book (Part II) contains a description of the Burgundian wars of the 15th century. The subsequent book (Part III) describes selected events from the history of the Confederation during the 15th and 16th centuries, such as the deposition of Hans Waldmann (1489) and the Battle of Marignano (1515), and contains an illustrated catalog of ordnance captured in the Swabian War of 1499.
Manuscript summary: This psalter from the 12th century is part of a collection formerly owned by the library of the double cloister of Muri. It was later transferred to the cloister at Hermetschwil. The cycle of miniatures is incomplete; the calendar includes one row of death records.
Via Flickr: Manuscript title: Armenian Hymnarium (Sharaknots)
Manuscript summary: Liturgical manuscript (Sharaknots), written by the copyist Awetis in Khizan in the province Van in the year 1647 (1096 according to the Armenian calendar). It contains 11 large miniatures and 28 miniatures in the margins, executed and signed by the painter Yovanes Gharietsi. He was one of the most fascinating artists of the late School of Vaspurakan. The manuscript is part of certain hymnals, created for private customers in the region of Lake Van and characterized by bright colors and interlace ornamentation. The manuscript features the Armenian Khaz-notation. The text contains the collection of hymns in use in the Armenian Church, in the same order as in a Hymnarium printed as a first edition in Amsterdam in the year 1664. Three more hymnals of this type, also the result of the collaboration of these two artists, are known: two in Jerusalem and one in Jerewan. Attached in the beginning and at the end are two sheets of parchment containing a part of the Proprium de Sanctis from a Latin breviary from the 13th/14th century.
Via Flickr: Manuscript title: Silbereisen: Chronicon Helvetiae, Part II
Manuscript summary: A richly illustrated Swiss chronicle in three parts, or books. The newest and most comprehensive book (Part I) contains the origin and history of the Confederation up to the 14th century. The oldest book (Part II) contains a description of the Burgundian wars of the 15th century. The subsequent book (Part III) describes selected events from the history of the Confederation during the 15th and 16th centuries, such as the deposition of Hans Waldmann (1489) and the Battle of Marignano (1515), and contains an illustrated catalog of ordnance captured in the Swabian War of 1499.
Manuscript summary: This psalter from the 12th century is part of a collection formerly owned by the library of the double cloister of Muri. It was later transferred to the cloister at Hermetschwil. The cycle of miniatures is incomplete; the calendar includes one row of death records.
Via Flickr: Manuscript title: Passionary of Weissenau
Manuscript summary: This copy of the Lives of the Saints, produced during the 12th century, possibly in the German Cloister of Weissenau, is decorated with ornately detailed and illustrated initial capitals, including one notable initial in which the illuminator, “Fr. Ruffilus” includes himself (fol. 244r).
Via Flickr: Manuscript title: Passionary of Weissenau
Manuscript summary: This copy of the Lives of the Saints, produced during the 12th century, possibly in the German Cloister of Weissenau, is decorated with ornately detailed and illustrated initial capitals, including one notable initial in which the illuminator, “Fr. Ruffilus” includes himself (fol. 244r).