BOOK OF MIRACLES

The surprisingly modern-looking, sometimes hallucinatory illustrations and the cursory descriptions of the Book of Miracles striking ly convey a unique view of the concerns and anxieties of the 16th century, of apocalyptic thinking and eschatological expectation. T he present facsimile volume reproduces the Book of Miracles in its entirety for the first time and thus makes one of the most import ant works of the German Renaissance finally available to art lovers and scholars. The introduction puts the codex in its cultural an d histor...[Llegir més]