Bidspirit auction | LES CRONIQUES de Jherusalem Abrégées.

LES CRONIQUES de Jherusalem Abrégées. Madrid. 1980. - LES CRONIQUES de Jherusalem Abrégées . Edição fac-similada íntegra do Cod. 2533 da Österreichische Nationalbibliothek de Viena. Madrid: Ediciones de Arte y Bibliofilia, 1980. 1 v.: il.; 590 mm. This facsimile edition, in a limited print run of 150 copies for Spain, belongs to the ”Heri et Semper” series from Ediciones de Arte y Bibliofilia. The global print run consisted of 55 numbered archival copies in Roman numerals and 950 venal copies, distributed among three publishers: Idion Verlag (Germany, 600 copies), Uitgeverij Het Spectrum (Netherlands and Belgium, 200 copies), and Ediciones de Arte y Bibliofilia (Spain, 150 copies). The original manuscript (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 2533) is one of the most extraordinary examples of 15th-century Burgundian illumination. Written after 1455 by a copyist in the workshop of David Aubert – the favorite scribe of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy – and illuminated by the Master of Girart of Roussillon, the codex narrates the history of the First Crusade and the conquest of Jerusalem in a unique narrative structure: four parallel columns corresponding to the County of Edessa, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the Principality of Antioch, ornamented with 11 large miniatures, 47 smaller miniatures, 98 medallions, and numerous initials decorated with rich gold backgrounds. Commissioned by Philip the Good, the manuscript remained in the collections of the Dukes of Burgundy until at least 1487, later becoming part of the collections of Emperor Charles V (1517) and Archduke Matthias (1619), before being transferred in 1752 to the Imperial Library of Vienna, where it is preserved. The facsimile was produced using phototype with twelve inks, with additional stamping of gold foil, and bound in 24-karat gold-stamped parchment by bookbinders Alfonso and Miguel Ramos in Madrid. Rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate