Von Wundersamen Begebenheiten
Subtitle: Of wonddrous occurrences
By: Franz von Retz
Contributors: König, Eberhard, 1947-; Dickmann, Ines; Lyn, Gerard; Wagner, Kathrin; National Library of Ireland
Publisher: Müller & Schindler
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Simbach a. Inn]
Language: ger; lat; eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9783875604313
Subjects: Virginity; Early works to 1800; Gothic Illumination of books and manuscripts; German Illumination of books and manuscripts; National Library of Ireland
Other titles: Of wonddrous occurrences; Of wondrous occurrences
Work titles: Defensorium inviolatae virginitatis beatae Mariae
Description: Produced in Cologne, Germany in about 1490, this beautifully illuminated miniature book is the work of an unknown artist. Each page of text is illustrated by a corresponding full-page color miniature. The text was written by Franz von Retz (1343-1427), a Domincan monk living in Vienna. The manuscript is now in the collection of the National Library of Ireland in Dublin.
Notes: Title from colophon of facsimile.

Commentary by Eberhard Konig, with contributions by Ines Dickmann, Gerard Lyn and Kathrin Wagner.

"Originalgetreue Faksimileedition der Bilderhandschrift Ms 32,513 der National Library of Ireland"Colophon.

Issued in a box (18 x 14 x 6 cm.)

Limited ed of 800 copies.

Includes bibliographical references (commentary, p. 266-272).

Facsimile in Latin; commentary in English and German.