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Das Evangeliar Ottos III - CLM 4453, 1978

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€ 1.000 - 1.200

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€ 1.216

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Information

Frankfurt am Main, S. Fischer Verlag GMBH, 1978. 330 x 240 mm. 2 vols. one of text and the other with the facsimile of the codex. calf leather binding with dry embossing. Multi-handed commentary. Limited edition of 850 copies.

Specialist Notes

Elegant facsimile reproduction with full page miniatures, gold initials. The illuminated codex of the Gospels of Otto III, considered one of the most important of the Ottonian period, was made in the monastery of Reichenau around the year 1000 on commission of Otto III himself.