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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).
Origin: Weissenau (Germany)
Period: 12th century
Image source: Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 127: Passionary of Weissenau
Palazzo del Belvedere insieme di giardino con elementi architettonici
Codice immobile: 68612 Strada del principe Eugenio di Savoia 27
Comune Catastale: Strada di Campagna
Questo complesso del castello che fu costruito da Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt per il principe Eugenio di Savoia è uno dei più importanti palazzi barocchi in Austria. Il complesso è composto dal Belvedere Alto (costruito 1721-1723), il Belvedere Bassa (costruito 1714-1716) e il giardino del Castello, situato tra le due (dopo l'anno 1700 progettato da Dominique Girard). Gli edifici ora ospitano la Galleria Austriaca Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace including park with buildings
Property ID: 68612 Prince Eugene street 27
Cadastral Community: Country Road
This by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt for Prince Eugene of Savoy erected complex is one of the most important Baroque palace buildings in Austria. The complex consists of the Upper Belvedere (built 1721-1723), the Lower Belvedere (built 1714-1716) and the lying in between Castle garden (after 1700 designed by Dominique Girard). The buildings now house the Austrian Gallery Belvedere.
Schloss Belvedere samt Schlosspark mit Baulichkeiten
Objekt ID: 68612Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27
Katastralgemeinde: Landstraße
Dieser von Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt für Prinz Eugen von Savoyen errichtete Komplex ist einer der bedeutendsten barocken Schlossbauten in Österreich. Die Anlage besteht aus dem Oberen Belvedere (errichtet 1721–1723), dem Unteren Belvedere (errichtet 1714–1716) und dem dazwischenliegenden Schlossgarten (nach 1700 gestaltet durch Dominique Girard). Die Gebäude beherbergen heute die Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.
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In most of the standard medieval iconographic compositions, St. Matthew the Evangelist is presented accompanied by a winged man or an angel in human likeness. The figure of the winged man(or an angel) is shown presumably because his Gospel emphasizes the incarnation of Christ, and the winged man is the figure representing the personification of Christ`s human nature. He is shown most of the times seated with a book or pen, as writer of the Gospel dedicated to the genealogy of Christ. In some occasions, only the figure of the winged man or an angel, as one of his attributes, is presented.
St. Matthew is known as the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament which he is supposed to have written in Judea. This Gospel is dedicated to the manhood of Christ and starts with his genealogy from Abraham. Before he became one of the Christ`s followers, St. Matthew worked as a tax collector for the Romans. He has died in Ethiopia, where he is believed to have preached.
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Manuscript title: Irish Evangelary from St. Gall (Quatuor evangelia)
Origin: Ireland
Period: 8th century
Image source: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 51, p. 2 – Irish Evangelary from St. Gall (Quatuor evangelia) (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/0051/2)
Manuscript title: Jean Thenaud, Introduction to the Kabbalah, dedicated to King Francis I
Manuscript summary: This parchment manuscript contains the mystic text of the Kabbala in cursive script, illustrated with numerous highly colorful drawings with allegorical, cosmological, and liturgical themes.
Origin: Geneva (Switzerland)
Period: 16th century
Image source: Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 167: Jean Thenaud, Introduction to the Kabbalah, dedicated to King Francis I (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/fr0167).
Manuscript title: 12th Century Breviary from the monastery of Disentis
Manuscript summary: This is a collection of liturgical works from the monastery of Disentis, written in the second half of the 12th century, most likely around 1200. In sequence, the volume contains a calendar (pp. 2-13), a psalter (pp. 15-90) and a hymnary (pp. 91-110), a (mixed) capitulary and collectarium (pp. 116-186), as well as an antiphonary, a lectionary, and a homiliary (pp. 203-638). Highlights from the point of view of manuscript decoration include the initial “B” at the beginning of the psalter (p. 15) and a picture of the crucifixion (p. 89). This breviary is one of the very few surviving medieval manuscripts from the monastery of Disentis. The manuscript came to Kempten around 1300; as early as the 15th century, the Disentis Breviary was held in the Abbey Library of St. Gall.
Origin: Disentis Monastery (Switzerland)
Period: 1150/1200
Image source: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 403: 12th Century Breviary from the monastery of Disentis (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0403)
APRIL
Labors of the month April are generally associated with scenes depicting activities that celebrate the arrival of spring. The scene usually focuses on the flowers showing a man or a woman gathering them in an open scene. They can also be shown standing or seated, often holding a bunch of flowers, or even courting. Sometimes the flowers are stylized and are either “fleur-de-lis” like scrolls, or a branch of a tree. In some cases the scene might also represent a man pruning the vine, typical for the activities related to the "Labors of the month March".
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Manuscript title: Book of Hours
Origin: Nantes ? (France)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33, p. 4r – Book of Hours (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/bge/lat0033/4r)
Manuscript title: Silver Evangelary
Manuscript summary: The Silver Evangelary was produced during the12th century, probably in the Upper Rhine region. It was first listed in 1646 in the Inventarium Custodiae S. Ursi, p. 48, "Ein altes Evangelij Buoch, dessen Deckhel von Silber". The political programme of Charlemagne included the standardization of religious life following the example of the Roman liturgy in the time of Pope Gregory the Great. Under this regimen books containing transcriptions of the Gospels called "evangelaries", were produced.
Origin: Upper Rhine (?)
Period: 12th century
Image source: Solothurn, Domschatz der St.-Ursen-Kathedrale, Cod. U 2: Silver Evangelary (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/dss/U0002)
Manuscript title: German book of meditations and prayers for Dominican nuns
Manuscript summary: This German book of meditations and prayers for Dominican nuns was produced at the Inselkloster St. Michael in Bern. It contains, inter alia, numerous excerpts from the writings of Gertrud of Helfta and Mechthild of Hackeborn. Most of it was written in 1507 by Sister Luzia von Moos. Beginning in the 17th century the manuscript is known to have been in the possession of the Solothurn family Gugger; at the beginning of the 19th century it was obtained by the Solothurn City Library.
Origin: Bern (Switzerland)
Period: 16th century
Image source: Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S 458: German book of meditations and prayers for Dominican nuns
Manuscript title:Amyris. Poem in honor of Sultan Mehmed II, by Gian Mario Filelfo
Manuscript summary:At the request of his friend Othman Lillo Ferducci of Ancona, Gian Mario Filelfo composed the Amyris in the years 1471-1476. This long Latin poem was intended to thank Sultan Mehmet II for having freed Ferducci’s brother-in-law, who had been taken prisoner by the Turcs during the capture of Constantinople in 1453. Gian Mario Filelfo had the manuscript decorated in Florence with "bianchi girari” ornamentation, had it bound in Urbino with a very beautiful Italian Renaissance binding, and then gave it to the Duke of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro, at whose court he was staying in 1477 and 1478.
Origin:Florence (Italy)
Period:15th century
Image source:Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 99: Amyris. Poem in honor of Sultan Sultans Mehmed II, by Gian Mario Filelfo (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/lat0099).
Manuscript title: Sefirat ha-Omer (Counting of the Omer) and other prayers
Manuscript summary: The Counting of the Omer is the ritual counting of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks. In this manuscript, these days and their corresponding numbers, are inscribed in 49 quatrefoils. F. 18r shows a menorah with the seven verses of Psalm 67 inscribed in microsript on the seven arms of the candelabrum. The scribe Baruch ben Schemaria from Brest-Litovsk (Belarus) created this manuscript in Amsterdam in 1795 for Aaron ben Abraham Prinz, of Alkmaar in the Netherlands, as noted on the title page. The drawing on f. 1r, a page of calligraphic decoration, depicts the giant Samson as Atlas, since, according to rabbinical tradition, he was endowed with superhuman strength.
Origin: Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Period: 18th century
Image source: Zürich, Braginsky collection, B28: Sefirat ha-Omer (Counting of the Omer) and other prayers (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bc/b-0028).
The zodiac sign of AQUARIUS is associated with the month of January and it is represented by the water carrier. In most of the standard medieval iconographic compositions, the water carrier is represented by a single man or a woman, standing or seated, holding one or two vases from which water pours. Usually set in a landscape, the figure is sometimes immersed in a lake, into which he/she pours the water from the vase. The vase is always Classical in form, and in some cases the water flows away from the figure instead of vertically. In some depictions, the figure of the water carrier is represented by a genderless figure which perhaps resembles to a child. In the modern horoscope the zodiac sign of AQUARIUS covers the period from about 20 January until 18 February.
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Manuscript title: Ludovicus de Angulo (Louis de Langle), De Figura seu imagine mundi
Origin: Lion (France)
Period: 15th century
Image source: St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 427, p. 92r – Ludovicus de Angulo (Louis de Langle), De Figura seu imagine mundi (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/vad/0427/92r)
Manuscript title: Evangelary of Erchenbaldus
Manuscript summary: This 10th century Latin manuscript originated in the St. Gall scriptorium. It belonged to the Bishop of Strasbourg Erchembald (965-991) and was kept in the Cathedral of Strasbourg. The humanist Wimpheling mentions consulting it in Strasbourg in the early years of the 16th century. This manuscript appeared in the sales catalog of the Ambroise Firmin-Didot collection and was bought by the Mulhouse alderman Armand Weiss (1821-1892); after his death, he left it to the Industrial Society of Mulhouse. The Carolingian Gospel Book was written on vellum and contains 300 initials decorated with gold and silver. The beginning and end of the manuscript contain historical annotations. The original binding no longer exists; it was replaced with a contemporary binding during restoration at the Bibliothèque Nationale around 1970.
Origin: St. Gall (Switzerland)
Period: 10th century
Image source: Mulhouse, Bibliothèque municipale, AW 1, f. 76r – Evangelary of Erchenbaldus (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bmm/Erk)
Christmas, also known as Nativity, refers to the accounts of the birth of Jesus mainly based on the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Traditionally, scenes of Nativity, portray the Holy Family in the stable at Bethlehem. The Christ child is represented lying in a manger or upon the straw, whilst Virgin Mary kneels in adoration before Him. In some scenes Virgin Mary is represented lying next to Jesus. Joseph is portrayed standing at one side. The scene also includes depictions of an ox and a donkey, usually in the background, gazing quietly at the scene in front of them.
Some Nativity scenes depict one or more angels who proclaim Jesus as the savior for all people, and portrayals of shepherds who come to adore Him. There are also scenes representing the wise men (The Maggi ) who, after following a star, arrive to Bethlehem to bring gifts to Jesus.
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Manuscript title: The Missal of Urbain Bonivard, Prior of Saint Victor in Geneva
Origin: Geneva (Switzerland)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 30b, p. 13r – The Missal of Urbain Bonivard, Prior of Saint Victor in Geneva (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/bge/lat0030b/13r)
The zodiac sign of SAGITTARIUS is associated with the month of November and it is represented by the archer. In some of the standard medieval iconographic compositions, the archer is usually a centaur (half man, half horse) and is always shown in full flight with a bow and arrow about to be shot. Alternatively, the archer is represented by a man with no animal parts. In the modern horoscope the zodiac sign of SAGITTARIUS covers the period from about 22 November until 21 December.
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Manuscript title: Astronomical-computistic encyclopedia
Origin: St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Period: 9th century
Image source: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 250: Astronomical-computistic encyclopedia
Christmas, also known as Nativity, refers to the accounts of the birth of Jesus mainly based on the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Traditionally, scenes of Nativity, portray the Holy Family in the stable at Bethlehem. The Christ child is represented lying in a manger or upon the straw, whilst Virgin Mary kneels in adoration before Him. In some scenes Virgin Mary is represented lying next to Jesus. Joseph is portrayed standing at one side. The scene also includes depictions of an ox and a donkey, usually in the background, gazing quietly at the scene in front of them.
Some Nativity scenes depict one or more angels who proclaim Jesus as the savior for all people, and portrayals of shepherds who come to adore Him. There are also scenes representing the wise men (The Maggi ) who, after following a star, arrive to Bethlehem to bring gifts to Jesus.
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Manuscript title: Book of Hours from Paris
Origin: Paris (France)
Period: 16th century
Image source: Trogen, Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 8, p. 32r – Book of Hours from Paris (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/cea/0008/32r)
Manuscript title: Book of Hours
Manuscript summary: Small book of hours in Latin, very much cut, containing the Seven Psalms, the Cursus beate virginis Marie, the Office of the Dead, the Cursus de passione Domini and various prayers. The decoration consists of various initials with lwine scrolls and one full page miniature (5v) - unfortunately partially damaged - which depicts an Ecce homo with the donor kneeling in front of it with his coat of arms to his right. Mention of the indulgence of Popes Gregory and Callixtus III (1455-1458) (f. 139) makes it possible to narrow the date to the second half of the 15th century, while the style of the book decoration suggests an origin in Southern Germany, perhaps in Augsburg, in the circle of the book illustrator Johannes Bämler.
Origin: Southern Germany (Augsburg?)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Zürich, Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 1314: Book of Hours (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/snm/LM001314).
Manuscript title: Johannes Cassianus, Collationes Patrum
Manuscript summary: This copy of Cassian's Collationes contains on 1r a two-line ownership note attributing the codex to Abbot Berchtold of Engelberg (1178-1197) as well as the beginning of a dedicatory poem to the Virgin Mary, the monastery's patron saint. Both inscriptions also appear verbatim in the volumes that were written under Berchtold's predecessor Frowin (1143-1178). Decorated initials introduce each of the collationes, and sometimes the chapter-lists; between the collationes the text is divided with red decorated capitals. Tears and holes in the parchment have been artistically sewn up; of particular note are those on 48v and 190v.
Origin: Engelberg (Switzerland)
Period: 12th century
Image source: Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 37: Johannes Cassianus, Collationes Patrum (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bke/0037).
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Christmas, also known as Nativity, refers to the accounts of the birth of Jesus mainly based on the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Traditionally, scenes of Nativity, portray the Holy Family in the stable at Bethlehem. The Christ child is represented lying in a manger or upon the straw, whilst Virgin Mary kneels in adoration before Him. In some scenes Virgin Mary is represented lying next to Jesus. Joseph is portrayed standing at one side. The scene also includes depictions of an ox and a donkey, usually in the background, gazing quietly at the scene in front of them.
Some Nativity scenes depict one or more angels who proclaim Jesus as the savior for all people, and portrayals of shepherds who come to adore Him. There are also scenes representing the wise men (The Maggi ) who, after following a star, arrive to Bethlehem to bring gifts to Jesus.
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Manuscript title: Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Origin: Muri (Switzerland)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Sarnen, Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 8, p. 10v – Speculum Humanae Salvationis (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/bks/membr0008/10v)
Manuscript title: Antiphonarium
Manuscript summary: Antiphonary from the Franciscan Monastery of Fribourg, dated 1488 according to the colophon f. 214v. Drolleries are drawn in the margins and by the initials. The manuscript contains a miniature (f. 14v, birth of Christ) and beautiful initials (flowers, fruit, zucchini), attributed to the Master of the Breviary of Jost of Silenen.
Origin: Fribourg, Franciscan Monastery
Period: 15th century
Image source: Fribourg/Freiburg, Couvent des Cordeliers/Franziskanerkloster, Ms. 6: Antiphonarium
The zodiac sign of AQUARIUS is associated with the month of January and it is represented by the water carrier. In most of the standard medieval iconographic compositions, the water carrier is represented by a single man or a woman, standing or seated, holding one or two vases from which water pours. Usually set in a landscape, the figure is sometimes immersed in a lake, into which he/she pours the water from the vase. The vase is always Classical in form, and in some cases the water flows away from the figure instead of vertically. In some depictions, the figure of the water carrier is represented by a genderless figure which perhaps resembles to a child. In the modern horoscope the zodiac sign of AQUARIUS covers the period from about 20 January until 18 February.
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Manuscript title: Calendarium (Prayer calendar), Latin Bible selections: Liber Psalmorum, Cantica with prayers; Hymns, etc.
Origin: Germany
Period: 13th/14th
Image source: Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 30, p. 2r – Calendarium (Prayer calendar), Latin Bible selections: Liber Psalmorum, Cantica with prayers; Hymns, etc. (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/cb/0030/2r)
The zodiac sign of CAPRICORN is associated with the month of December and it is represented by the goat. In most of the standard medieval iconographic compositions, the goat is represented with two horns, standing or seated. For an animal rather familiar to the artists in that time, the portrayal of the goat tends to be surprisingly unrealistic to the extent that the goat is often shown very similar to the unicorn. Variations on this form show a creature with upper body of a goat and lower body of a fish with a tail emerging from a shell. In the modern horoscope the zodiac sign of CAPRICORN covers the period from about 22 December until 19 January.
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Manuscript title: Calendarium (Prayer calendar), Latin Bible selections: Liber Psalmorum, Cantica with prayers; Hymns, etc.
Origin: Germany
Period: 13th/14th
Image source: Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 30, p. 7v – Calendarium (Prayer calendar), Latin Bible selections: Liber Psalmorum, Cantica with prayers; Hymns, etc. (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/cb/0030/7v)
Unicorn from the Bern-Physiologus [about 830]
Bern, Burgerbibliothek - Cod 318 fol-16v (de animale unicornium) – Physiologus Bernensis [~830] - e-codices
Manuscript title: Manuscript summary: At the beginning of the 17th century, a book of black magic was published, attributed to the mythical Faust and known by the title Höllenzwang. The library in Weimar owned a manuscript of this text, which Goethe was aware of. In 1949 Martin Bodmer was able to purchase a similar manuscript. This document, which is difficult to date, is written in cabalistic signs and, according to a German gloss, contains a series of magic spells for exorcists, which can be used in particular to call up the seven evil spirits.
Origin: Cologny? (Switzerland)
Period: middle of 18th century
Image source: Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 66: Doktor Fausts Dreifacher Höllenzwang (e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0066).
Manuscript title: Odo of Cluny, Gregorii M. expositio libri Job in compendium redacta
Manuscript summary: Gregorii M. expositio libri Job ab Odone Cluniacensi in compendium redacta. Odo of Cluny’s (Abbot 927-942) adaptation of Gregory the Great’s commentary on the Book of Job. The ornamental initials of the manuscript, which was not created in St. Gall, stylistically indicate the 8th century. Many pages contain the unidentified monogram of a copyist. (dor)
Origin: France (?)
Period: 10th century
Image source: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 205: Odo of Cluny, Gregorii M. expositio libri Job in compendium redacta
Manuscript title: 12th Century Breviary from the monastery of Disentis
Manuscript summary: This is a collection of liturgical works from the monastery of Disentis, written in the second half of the 12th century, most likely around 1200. In sequence, the volume contains a calendar (pp. 2-13), a psalter (pp. 15-90) and a hymnary (pp. 91-110), a (mixed) capitulary and collectarium (pp. 116-186), as well as an antiphonary, a lectionary, and a homiliary (pp. 203-638). Highlights from the point of view of manuscript decoration include the initial “B” at the beginning of the psalter (p. 15) and a picture of the crucifixion (p. 89). This breviary is one of the very few surviving medieval manuscripts from the monastery of Disentis. The manuscript came to Kempten around 1300; as early as the 15th century, the Disentis Breviary was held in the Abbey Library of St. Gall.
Origin: Disentis Monastery (Switzerland)
Period: 1150/1200
Image source: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 403: 12th Century Breviary from the monastery of Disentis (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/csg/0403)
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).
Origin: Weissenau (Germany)
Period: 12th century
Image source: Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 127: Passionary of Weissenau
The zodiac sign of SAGITTARIUS is associated with the month of November and it is represented by the archer. In some of the standard medieval iconographic compositions, the archer is usually a centaur (half man, half horse) and is always shown in full flight with a bow and arrow about to be shot. Alternatively, the archer is represented by a man with no animal parts. In the modern horoscope the zodiac sign of SAGITTARIUS covers the period from about 22 November until 21 December.
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Manuscript title: Genus Arati
Origin: Naples (Italy)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 7: Genus Arati (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/cb/0007/32r)
In most of the standard medieval iconographic compositions, St. John the Evangelist is presented accompanied by the eagle. The eagle figure is presented presumably because his Gospel emphasizes aspects of Christ`s life that are related to “higher” level (like Ascension and Christ`s divine nature), and the eagle is the figure representing the sky and the higher inspiration. He is shown most of the times seated with a book or pen, writing the Gospel. In some occasions, only the figure of the eagle, as one of his attributes, is presented.
St John is known as the author of the fourth Gospel in the New Testament. This Gospel is dedicated to the public ministry of Christ beginning with the witness and affirmation by John the Baptist and concludes with the death, burial, resurrection and post resurrection appearances of Christ. He was the youngest of the twelve Apostles and was also present at the Crucifixion of Christ. Tradition says that from this time on, the Virgin Mary lived with John in fulfillment of Christ`s words. After the Virgin Mary`s death, he traveled to Judea preaching the gospel with St. Peter. Later, he is said to have journeyed into Asia Minor, where he has founded the Seven Churches referred to in the Revelation. He is supposed to have died a natural death at Ephesus.
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Manuscript title: Book of Hours for the use of Angers
Origin: Angers (France)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 109, p. 13r – Book of Hours for the use of Angers (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/utp/0109/13r)
Christmas, also known as Nativity, refers to the accounts of the birth of Jesus mainly based on the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Traditionally, scenes of Nativity, portray the Holy Family in the stable at Bethlehem. The Christ child is represented lying in a manger or upon the straw, whilst Virgin Mary kneels in adoration before Him. In some scenes Virgin Mary is represented lying next to Jesus. Joseph is portrayed standing at one side. The scene also includes depictions of an ox and a donkey, usually in the background, gazing quietly at the scene in front of them.
Some Nativity scenes depict one or more angels who proclaim Jesus as the savior for all people, and portrayals of shepherds who come to adore Him. There are also scenes representing the wise men (The Maggi ) who, after following a star, arrive to Bethlehem to bring gifts to Jesus.
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Manuscript title: Calendarium (Prayer calendar), Latin Bible selections: Liber Psalmorum, Cantica with prayers; Hymns, etc.
Origin: Germany
Period: 13th/14th
Image source: Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 30: Calendarium (Prayer calendar), Latin Bible selections: Liber Psalmorum, Cantica with prayers; Hymns, etc. (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/cb/0030/9v)
Christmas, also known as Nativity, refers to the accounts of the birth of Jesus mainly based on the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Traditionally, scenes of Nativity, portray the Holy Family in the stable at Bethlehem. The Christ child is represented lying in a manger or upon the straw, whilst Virgin Mary kneels in adoration before Him. In some scenes Virgin Mary is represented lying next to Jesus. Joseph is portrayed standing at one side. The scene also includes depictions of an ox and a donkey, usually in the background, gazing quietly at the scene in front of them.
Some Nativity scenes depict one or more angels who proclaim Jesus as the savior for all people, and portrayals of shepherds who come to adore Him. There are also scenes representing the wise men (The Maggi ) who, after following a star, arrive to Bethlehem to bring gifts to Jesus.
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Manuscript title: Book of Hours of Agnes le Dieu
Origin: Bourges (France)
Period: 16th century
Image source: Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 102, p. 71r – Book of Hours of Agnes le Dieu (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/utp/0102/71r)
Rievocazione storica dello sbarco di Anzio
Lo sbarco di Anzio (nome in codice operazione Shingle) fu un'operazione militare di sbarco anfibio, condotta dagli Alleati sulla costa tirrenica antistante gli abitati di Anzio e Nettuno, durante la campagna d'Italia nella seconda guerra mondiale. Lo sbarco avvenne con successo il 22 gennaio 1944 a opera del VI Corpo d'armata statunitense, guidato dal maggior generale John Lucas; ma nel suo complesso l'operazione Shingle non raggiunse gli obiettivi iniziali prefissati. Le forze tedesche sotto il comando del feldmaresciallo Albert Kesselring, nonostante la sorpresa iniziale, riuscirono a bloccare l'iniziale avanzata del VI Corpo d'armata e a sferrare una serie di contrattacchi, che misero in seria difficoltà gli anglo-americani e costarono loro forti perdite. La lunga e logorante battaglia di posizione che seguì nell'area della testa di ponte continuò fino alla primavera successiva, quando i tedeschi furono costretti alla ritirata dopo il crollo del fronte di Cassino. Anche in questo caso, però, l'obiettivo principale, ossia la distruzione delle forze tedesche in Italia, non fu conseguito e i tedeschi in ritirata poterono sfuggire dalla morsa nemica e ridisporsi sulla Linea Gotica, baluardo che impegnò per mesi gli anglo-americani sugli Appennini.
Historical re-enactment of the landing of Anzio
The landing of Anzio (code name operation Shingle) was a military amphibious landing operation, conducted by the Allies on the Tyrrhenian coast in front of the towns of Anzio and Nettuno, during the Italian campaign in the Second World War. The landing took place successfully on January 22, 1944 by the US VI Corps, led by Major General John Lucas; but as a whole, Operation Shingle did not achieve its initial objectives. The German forces under the command of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, despite the initial surprise, managed to block the initial advance of the VI Army Corps and launch a series of counterattacks, which put the Anglo-Americans in serious difficulty and cost them heavy losses . The long and exhausting positional battle that followed in the area of the beachhead continued until the following spring, when the Germans were forced to retreat after the collapse of the Cassino front. Even in this case, however, the main objective, i.e. the destruction of the German forces in Italy, was not achieved and the retreating Germans were able to escape from the enemy's grip and redeploy themselves on the Gothic Line, a bulwark which engaged the Anglo-Americans for months on the Apennines .
Reconstitution historique du débarquement d'Anzio
Le débarquement d'Anzio (nom de code opération Shingle) était une opération militaire de débarquement amphibie, menée par les Alliés sur la côte tyrrhénienne devant les villes d'Anzio et de Nettuno, pendant la campagne d'Italie de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le débarquement a eu lieu avec succès le 22 janvier 1944 par le VI Corps américain, dirigé par le général de division John Lucas ; mais dans l'ensemble, l'opération Shingle n'a pas atteint ses objectifs initiaux. Les forces allemandes sous le commandement du maréchal Albert Kesselring, malgré la surprise initiale, ont réussi à bloquer l'avance initiale du VI corps d'armée et à lancer une série de contre-attaques, qui ont mis les Anglo-Américains en sérieuses difficultés et leur ont coûté de lourdes pertes. La longue et épuisante bataille de position qui suivit dans la zone de la tête de pont se poursuivit jusqu'au printemps suivant, lorsque les Allemands furent contraints de battre en retraite après l'effondrement du front de Cassino. Même dans ce cas, cependant, l'objectif principal, à savoir la destruction des forces allemandes en Italie, n'a pas été atteint et les Allemands en retraite ont pu échapper à l'emprise de l'ennemi et se redéployer sur la ligne Gothique, un rempart qui a engagé l'Anglo -Américains pendant des mois sur les Apennins.
Manuscript title: Johannes Cassianus, Collationes Patrum
Manuscript summary: This copy of Cassian's Collationes contains on 1r a two-line ownership note attributing the codex to Abbot Berchtold of Engelberg (1178-1197) as well as the beginning of a dedicatory poem to the Virgin Mary, the monastery's patron saint. Both inscriptions also appear verbatim in the volumes that were written under Berchtold's predecessor Frowin (1143-1178). Decorated initials introduce each of the collationes, and sometimes the chapter-lists; between the collationes the text is divided with red decorated capitals. Tears and holes in the parchment have been artistically sewn up; of particular note are those on 48v and 190v.
Origin: Engelberg (Switzerland)
Period: 12th century
Image source: Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 37: Johannes Cassianus, Collationes Patrum (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bke/0037).
The zodiac sign of LEO is associated with the month of July and it is represented by a lion. In most of the standard iconographic compositions, the animal is shown standing, or else depicted seated on its haunches. The animal is usually shown in a landscape and Its tail usually curls over its body and often its mane is displayed. Being that many of the artist and illuminators responsible for these works had never seen a lion, some representations were based on cats and dogs. In the modern horoscope, the zodiac sign of LEO covers the period from about July 22 – August 23.
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Manuscript title: Genus Arati
Origin: Naples (Italy)
Period: 15th century
Image source:Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 7, p. 16r – Genus Arati (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/cb/0007/16r)
Palazzo del Belvedere insieme di giardino con elementi architettonici
Codice immobile: 68612 Strada del principe Eugenio di Savoia 27
Comune Catastale: Strada di Campagna
Questo complesso del castello che fu costruito da Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt per il principe Eugenio di Savoia è uno dei più importanti palazzi barocchi in Austria. Il complesso è composto dal Belvedere Alto (costruito 1721-1723), il Belvedere Bassa (costruito 1714-1716) e il giardino del Castello, situato tra le due (dopo l'anno 1700 progettato da Dominique Girard). Gli edifici ora ospitano la Galleria Austriaca Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace including park with buildings
Property ID: 68612 Prince Eugene street 27
Cadastral Community: Country Road
This by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt for Prince Eugene of Savoy erected complex is one of the most important Baroque palace buildings in Austria. The complex consists of the Upper Belvedere (built 1721-1723), the Lower Belvedere (built 1714-1716) and the lying in between Castle garden (after 1700 designed by Dominique Girard). The buildings now house the Austrian Gallery Belvedere.
Schloss Belvedere samt Schlosspark mit Baulichkeiten
Objekt ID: 68612Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27
Katastralgemeinde: Landstraße
Dieser von Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt für Prinz Eugen von Savoyen errichtete Komplex ist einer der bedeutendsten barocken Schlossbauten in Österreich. Die Anlage besteht aus dem Oberen Belvedere (errichtet 1721–1723), dem Unteren Belvedere (errichtet 1714–1716) und dem dazwischenliegenden Schlossgarten (nach 1700 gestaltet durch Dominique Girard). Die Gebäude beherbergen heute die Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.
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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).
Origin: Weissenau (Germany)
Period: 12th century
Image source: Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 127: Passionary of Weissenau
Es un un documento pictográfico colonial de la primera mitad del siglo XVI, confeccionado con papel europeo y formato in quarto, que fue pintado escribas indígenas y comentado años después en escritura alfabética por un occidental.
The scenes portraying Christ on the cross, often referred to also as the Crucifixion of Christ, derive their visual details mainly from the four Gospels. However, these accounts vary considerably in detail and therefore it is not unnatural that different aspects and variations of the scene could be represented.
The standard iconographic composition almost always presents crucified Christ positioned in the middle of the scene where he is shown stripped of his cloths. The figures of Virgin Mary and St. John the Apostle are frequently the only figures included in the composition. Other expended versions of the theme, however, include several other pairs of figures of both historical and symbolic relevance that traditionally appear to the right and the left of the cross. In some variations, the scene presents Christ`s cross erected between those of two thieves who were crucified at the same time with him. In other variations, the scene might include soldiers who cast lots for Christ`s cloths, or the figure of centurion, the Roman army officer, who pierced Christ`s side with a spear and afterward declared him to be the Son of God. Often, on the upper part of the composition, there are small personifications of the Sun and Moon which were eclipsed at the Crucifixion. In some cases, the scene depicts an affixed sign on the cross with the Latin acronym “INRI” (Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum), which in English reads as “Jesus of Nazareth, The King of the Jews”.
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Manuscript title: Book of Hours from Paris
Origin: Paris (France)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 101, p. 114r – Book of Hours from Paris (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/utp/0101/114r)
The zodiac sign of ARIES is associated with the month of March and it is represented by the ram. In most of the standard iconographic compositions, there is only on animal shown, often standing facing left with the head upturned to the right. There are however cases when the animal is also presented facing right. The ram`s horns are prominently shown, and in order to distinguished it from zodiac sign of the Taurus, they are more curled. In some representations, the animal is presented in a landscape. In the modern horoscope, the zodiac sign of ARIES covers the period from about March 20 – April 19.
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Manuscript title: Astronomical-computistic encyclopedia
Manuscript summary: Collection of Astronomical-computistical tables and charts with high-quality pen drawings of the constellations.
Origin: St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Period: 9th century
Image source: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 250, p. 462 – Astronomical-computistic encyclopedia (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/csg/0250/462)
Manuscript title: Gundis Evangelistary
Manuscript summary: The Gundis Gospel-Book, one of the most splendid liturgical manuscripts of the monastery of St. Gall, containing a monumental "Maria" monogram.
Origin: St Gallen
Period: 9th/10th century
Image source: St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 54: Gundis Evangelistary
The zodiac sign of PISCES is associated with the month of February and it is represented by two fish. In most of standard iconographic compositions, the two fish are represented nearly always swimming in opposite directions and are often linked together by a cord from both of their mouths. They usually swim horizontally and in some cases they are mirror images of each other. Water or other decoration is sometimes shown around them, but there can also be a blank undecorated area. In the modern horoscope the zodiac sign of PISCES covers the period from about February 19 – March 20.
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Manuscript title: Book of Hours
Origin: Nantes ? (France)
Period: 15th century
Image source: Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33, p. 2r – Book of Hours (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/bge/lat0033/2r)
Manuscript title: Aristoteles, Ethica Nicomachea
Manuscript summary: This manuscript contains a Latin version of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, translated and glossed by Robert Grosseteste (1175-1253), Bishop of Lincoln. The decoration of monochrome as well as red and blue fleuronné initials at the beginning of the chapters (e.g., 3r) and the colorfully decorated initials at the beginning of the books (e.g., 1r) attest to an origin in Southwestern Germany in the third quarter of the 15th century. The manuscript was originally part of the episcopal library; during the French Revolution it came to the library of the Jesuit College of Porrentruy; in the 20th century it finally became part of the collection of the Library of the Canton of Jura.
Origin: Southwestern Germany
Period: 15th century
Image source: Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 4: Aristoteles, Ethica Nicomachea