Book/Printed Material Description of the Christening of Lady Elisabeth of Hesse.

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Title

  • Description of the Christening of Lady Elisabeth of Hesse.

Other Title

  • Historische Beschreibung der Kindtauf des Fräuleins Elisabeth zu Hessen

Summary

  • In 1596 Landgrave Moritz of Hesse (1572--1632) celebrated the christening of his daughter, Elisabeth von Hessen-Kassel (1596--1625), with four days of lavish games, tournaments and fireworks. Two years later, the artist, engraver, and publisher Wilhelm Dillich (1571--1650) created and published a richly decorated description of these festivities in two volumes. The lavish illustrations mostly detail the costumes and decorations of the various pageants, with many of the attendees dressed as historical, allegorical, or mythological characters. The copy preserved in the Bavarian State Library was hand-colored by Dillich himself and presented to Landgrave Moritz. At some point before 1606 an unknown artist decorated all the free space left in the manuscript (i.e., on empty pages as well as along the margins) with remarkable watercolor paintings of common and exotic flowers such as the tulip, viola, and peony. Among the historical and mythological characters represented in the manuscript are Jason, Perseus, Hannibal, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar.

Names

  • Dilich, Wilhelm, 1571-1650 Artist.
  • Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 1572-1632 Associated Name.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1598.

Headings

  • -  Germany--Hesse--Kassel
  • -  1596
  • -  Allegory
  • -  Baptism
  • -  Festivals
  • -  Flowers
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Mythology, Greek
  • -  Pageants

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "BSB Shelfmark: Cod.icon. 27(1"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 117 sheets, paper : illustrations ; 29 x 20 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Bavarian State Library.
  • -  Content in German and 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

  • 2021666794

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Dilich, Wilhelm, Artist, and Landgrave Of Hesse-Kassel Moritz. Description of the Christening of Lady Elisabeth of Hesse. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1598] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666794/.

APA citation style:

Dilich, W. & Moritz, L. O. H. (1598) Description of the Christening of Lady Elisabeth of Hesse. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666794/.

MLA citation style:

Dilich, Wilhelm, Artist, and Landgrave Of Hesse-Kassel Moritz. Description of the Christening of Lady Elisabeth of Hesse. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1598] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666794/>.