Panusková The Velislav Bible, Finest Picture-Bible of the Late Middle Ages

Biblia depicta as Devotional, Mnemonic and Study Tool
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-90-485-2973-5
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 350 Seiten

Reihe: Central European Medieval Studies

The Velislav Bible is one of the most beautiful medieval Bohemian manuscripts. It is a heavily illustrated manuscript that contains only short selections of the text, that instruct the reader about the story depicted. The last picture in the manuscript shows a man kneeling before St. Catherine, identified as Velislav, hence the name of the manuscript. The Bible comprises stories from the Books of Genesis and Exodus, visions of Daniel, and the stories of Samson as well as of Judith. The narrative of the Antichrist precedes the Christological part. The New Testament continues with the Book of Revelation, stories following the Ascension of Christ, and key events from the lives of St. Peter and St. Paul. The manuscript closes with the legend of St. Wenceslas, the patron saint of Bohemia. The essays in The Velislav Bible, Finest Picture-Bible of the Late Middle Ages: Biblia depicta as Devotional, Mnemonic and Study Tool analyze the manuscript from historical, textual, art-historical, and iconographic perspectives. However, a shared concern of all the authors is to think about its functions. An edition of the Latin titulis is being published here for the first time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Panusková, Lenka

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Studying the Velislav Bible: An Overview (Anna Kernbach and Lenka Panusková) II. Text and Image in the Velislav Bible: To the Interpretation of an Illuminated Codex (Anna Kernbach and Lenka Panusková) III. The Velislav Bible in the Context of the Late Medieval Biblical Narratives and Mnemotechnics (Lucie Dole¸alová) IV. The Books of Genesis and Exodus in the Picture Bibles: Looking for an Audience (Lenka Panusková) V. Life of Antichrist in the Velislav Bible (Pavlína Cermanová) VI. Ostensio thesaurum Antichristi: Iconography of the Pictorial Narrative Vita Antichristi in the Velislav Bible (Katerina Hornícková) VII. Ibi predicit hominibus: Searching for the Practical Function of the Velislav Bible (Milena Bartlová) VIII. Edition of the Tituli (Anna Kernbach) Primary Sources Bibliography List of Manuscripts List of Illustrations General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Panusková, Lenka
Lenka Panu.ková has been working at the Department of Medieval Art of Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences since 2009. In her career, she has taught at the Charles University and University in Ostrava. Her main areas of interest include medieval iconography, female spirituality, illuminated manuscripts and their functions, astronomy and astrology in the Middle Ages and the art of Anglo-Saxon England.

Panusková Lenka:
Lenka Panu.ková is a researcher in illuminated manuscripts, iconography and medieval craft of thoughts at the Czech Academy of Sciences.