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The Conradin Bible is an illuminated manuscript likely produced in central or southern Italy around 1265. It is usually associated with its namesake, Conradin , king of Sicily (1254–68). It was originally a large codex illustrated with 57 miniatures and numerous historiated and illuminated initials in a High Romanesque style with Byzantine ...
The Conradin Bible. Venetian (Artist) Léon Gruel (French, 1841-1923) (Binder) 1265 (Gothic) tempera and gold leaf on parchment. A remarkable, fragmentary Bible has long been associated with the young Conradin, king of Jerusalem and Sicily and last of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, who was beheaded in Naples in 1268 at the age of 16. Provenance.
With more than 900 illuminated manuscripts, 1,250 of the first printed books (ca. 1455 - 1500), and an important collection of post-1500 deluxe editions, this extraordinary collection chronicles the art of the book over more than 1,000 years.
In the Conradin Bible, the page showing Paul and Timothy, for the Epistle of Paul to the Philippians (fol. n8r), combines French ornamentation, including the cusping, bril liant dots, and dragons found in the other Bibles in the group, with the pairing of New -~I ~ ~--1 "-" Testament authors with their companions,
This essay aims to shed light on the period spent by Catherine of Siena in Pisa during the year 1375. Catherine was not only a woman of faith and devotion, but also a leading political player in late 14th-century Tuscany, in direct contact with the Apostolic See through the members of her clique.
- Rebecca Corrie
The lime green, subtly-toned faces and the black outlining are characteristic of the workshop of the Master of the Conradin Bible. That artist was named for a particularly beautiful bible that was owned by the German boy emperor Conrad V (known by the diminutive Conradin) who lived from 1262 to 1268.
The Conradin Bible is an illuminated manuscript likely produced in central or southern Italy around 1265. It is usually associated with its namesake, Conradin, king of Sicily (1254–68). It was originally a large codex illustrated with 57 miniatures and numerous historiated and illuminated initials in a High Romanesque style with Byzantine ...
