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Das Nibelungenlied, 1968

Estimate

€ 100 - 150

Sold

€ 166

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Information

London, Phaidon Press, 1968. 245 x 165 mm. Dry embossed leather binding. Edition of 500 copies. Commentary in German by Engels Heinz.


Specialist Notes

Reproduction of the manuscript Nibelungelied, also known as the  Donaueschingen (Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek, manuscript 63). One of the highest examples of miniature in the Germanic area, it was written in the century. XIII and contains a version of the epic poem of the Nibelungs, composed in the Passau area between the 12th and 13th centuries.