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Book/Printed Material 15th-century Missal, with Notes and Initials. Missale

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Title

  • 15th-century Missal, with Notes and Initials.

Other Title

  • Missale

Summary

  • This musical manuscript at the Bavarian State Library is decorated with 15 initials with tendrils. The initials frame pictures and refer to the chorales of the church year. For stylistic reasons, scholars have dated these illuminations to the last decade of the 15th century and ascribed them to the illustrious Renaissance painter Berthold Furtmeyr (circa 1435/40--circa 1501) and his school. Furtmeyr and his followers were important contributors to the age-old Ratisbon (present-day Regensburg) school of illumination. An artist of great renown, Furtmeyr illuminated many impressive works, including this manuscript, the Furtmeyr Bible, and the Salzburg feast missal in five volumes (all now at the Bavarian State Library), and many other works. His major clients for these beautiful religious books were the Bavarian dukes and the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg. In his works, the artist mastered the difficult task of successfully combining pictures, ornament, and text with great authority. Furtmeyr is famous for his handling of colors, his brightly shining illuminations, and the extreme diligence that marks his craftsmanship. Although he was still deeply rooted in the Middle Ages, his love of color, nocturnal scenes, and female nudes mark a transition to the Renaissance.

Names

  • Furtmeyr, Berthold, flourished 1460-1501 Attributed Name.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1400 to 1499]

Headings

  • -  Germany--Bavaria--Regensburg
  • -  1400 to 1499
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Liturgies
  • -  Missals
  • -  Musical scores
  • -  Prayers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "BSB shelfmark: Clm 23032"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 211 sheets, parchment : illustrations ; 43.8 x 31.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Bavarian State Library.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667774

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Furtmeyr, Berthold, Flourished Attributed Name. 15th-century Missal, with Notes and Initials. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1499, 1400] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667774/.

APA citation style:

Furtmeyr, B. (1400) 15th-century Missal, with Notes and Initials. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1499] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667774/.

MLA citation style:

Furtmeyr, Berthold, Flourished Attributed Name. 15th-century Missal, with Notes and Initials. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1499, 1400] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667774/>.