Das Gebetbuch Ottos III
Contributors: Klemm, Elisabeth, writer of supplementary textual content; Minkenberg, Georg, writer of postface; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Publisher: Faksimile Verlag
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Luzern
Language: lat
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9783856721152; 9783856721145
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Library; Illustrations; Ottonian Illumination of books and manuscripts; Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts; Prayer books; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern); Facsimiles; Gebetbuch; Gebetbuch Ottos III; Wessobrunner Gebet; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Work titles: Gebetbuch Ottos III
Notes: Title from colophon of facsimile.

Issued in case with two panels of facsimile ivory relief carving.

"The original measures 15 x 12 cm and contains 44 parchment leaves ... with gold-framed purple pages completely written in gold ink."

"Als Vorlage für den Einbandstoff des Faksimile-Bandes diente das byzantinische Seidenfragment (Inv. Nr. 1902,62a-d) des Museums August Kestner in Hannover. Das Elfenbeinrelief auf der Kassette der Faksimile-Edition ist ein getreues Replikat der byzantinischen Elfenbeintafeln des silbernen Buchdeckels aus der Schatzkammer des Aachener Domes"--Title page verso of commentary.

Limited edition of 980 copies.

Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: No. XIX (19).

Commentary includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272).

Prayer book in Latin, commentary in German with summary in English.
Table of contents: title: [1] [Faksimileband]; title: [2] Kommentar zur Faksimile-Edition der Handschrift Clm 30111 der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München / von Hermann Hauke und Elisabeth Klemm ; mit einem Anhang zur Kassette der Faksimile-Edition von Georg Minkenberg.