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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Frauenfeld
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Historisches Museum Thurgau
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
T 9394
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Miniature depicting the “Death of the Virgin” from an antiphonary, possibly from the Convent of Cistercian nuns at Salem
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · 1 f. · 22.5 x 17.6 cm · around 1320
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This particularly large-format book illustration was cut from a deluxe manuscript. In the initial V-to the text Vidi speciosam on the occasion of the feast of the Assumption on August 15, the Blessed Mother lies on her deathbed, surrounded by three apostles and Jesus, who receives her soul in the form of a small female figure. A vertically rectangular frame with a repeating geometric pattern surrounds the scene. Three branches with leaves and rosettes that are trimmed back grow from the left side of the initial V. The painting in tones of bright blue and red is of high quality. The lyrics on the back are taken from Bible verses 26 to 32 of Lectio prima from the Gospel of Luke. The leaf is from the same chorale manuscript as miniature with the representation of the "Annunciation to Mary". Both leaves show stations from the cycle of The Life of the Virgin, with T 9393 illustrating the first stage and T 9394 the last. Stylistically they can be placed alongside three leaves from the collection de Bastard d'Estang in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris (AD 152G, PL 842-3, AD 150H, PL 51). In 1994, the canton of Thurgau commercially acquired both fragments in Paris. Previously, they had been privately held in Switzerland (sue)
DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-hmtg-T09394 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-hmtg-T09394)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/hmtg/T09394
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
IIIF Drag-n-drop http://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/hmtg-T09394/manifest.json
How to quote:
How to quote
Frauenfeld, Historisches Museum Thurgau, T 9394: Miniature depicting the “Death of the Virgin” from an antiphonary, possibly from the Convent of Cistercian nuns at Salem (http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/hmtg/T09394).
Online Since:
Online Since
12/12/2019
Rights:
Rights
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Document Type:
Document Type
Fragment
Century:
Century
14th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Figurative, Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial
Liturgica christiana:
Liturgica christiana
Antiphonary
Musical Notation:
Musical Notation
Square Notation
Restored:
Restored
Yes
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Kordula Kessler, Gotische Buchmalerei des Bodenseeraumes. Aus der Zeit von 1260 bis um 1340/50, in Buchmalerei im Bodenseeraum, 13. bis 16. Jahrhundert, Friedrichshafen 1997, S. 70-96, 243-4.

Ellen J. Beer, Ein Beitrag zur Buchmalerei des Bodenseeraumes, inn ZAK 33 (1976), S. 250-267.

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