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El Libro de Los Milagros Hardcover – 12 July 2017

by Till-Holger Borchert (Author), Joshua P Waterman (Author)

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The Book of Miracles first surfaced only a few years ago and is one of the most spectacular discoveries in the field of Renaissance art. The near-complete illustrated manuscript, created in Augsburg around 1550, is composed of 169 pages of large-format illustrations in gouache and watercolor, depicting wondrous and often eerie phenomena.

The mesmerizing images deal with both biblical and folkloric tales, depicting stories from the Old Testament and Book of Revelation as well as events that took place in the immediate present of the manuscript's author. From shooting stars to swarms of locusts, terrifying monsters to fatal floods, page after page hypnotizes with visions alternately dreadful, spectacular, and even apocalyptic.

This volume presents the revelatory Book of Miracles in a new, compact format, making this extraordinary document accessible to everyone. It comes with a translation of the manuscript texts and two essays that give an introduction to the cultural and historical context of this unique Renaissance work.

Print length

292 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Taschen
Publication date

12 July 2017
Dimensions

26 x 3.3 x 31.5 cm
ISBN-10

3836565498
ISBN-13

978-3836565493
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"The Book of Miracles is a revelation."-- "Apollo Magazine"

About the Author

Till-Holger Borchert studied art history, musicology, and German literature at the universities of Bonn and Bloomington (IN). An acknowledged expert on Early Netherlandish painting, he has worked as chief curator at the Groeningemuseum in Bruges since 2002 and as Director of the Bruges Museum since 2014. Borchert teaches art history at the universities of Aachen, Memphis (TN), and Middlebury (VT) and has curated exhibitions in Brussels, Rome, Madrid, and New York. He heads the Flemish Research Centre for the Arts in the Burgundian Netherlands.

Joshua P. Waterman studied art history at Oregon State University and received a PhD from Princeton University for his dissertation on interrelations of literature and visual art of the Silesian Baroque. The proven expert on German art of the late medieval and early modern periods worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and was Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Currently he is a research associate at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. He has collaborated on exhibitions in New York, Philadelphia, Cologne, and Bruges.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Taschen; Multilingual edition (12 July 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3836565498
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3836565493
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 26 x 3.3 x 31.5 cm

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Superb Illustrations - Enthralling Explanations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2022

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Firstly this is a big book, some 12” by 10”, and 292 pages. 169 of those, superb large full colour landscape format illustrations, impressive in their own right. All in the same book, in English, French, German and Italian languages. Brought together as a collection they form something of a reference bibliography for the subject with detailed factual terms of reference and contemporary educated explanations. Both a sound reference resource in its own right and also a brilliant starting point for your own exploration into the ‘genre’. Enthralling insight into History, Science, Religion, Culture, Anthropology, Astrology, Cosmology, Mythology, Geology, Folklore, Art, Love, Fear, many more ‘ologies’ and not least, a reflection of Humanity through time. Superb reflection of the authors’ work. Why is this books’ story about the original not a film yet!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 February 2019

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This book is very nice,nice pictures ,very interesting, but a weird layout that distracted from the content as each section is in German,Italian and French, finding the English description of each picture was very hard as the English wasn't near the picture you wanted to know about, this meant a lot of too-ing and fro-ing between pages trying to fathom with description pertaining to which picture,all in all a frustrating book.

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Carol White

My favorite imagery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2019

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A most incredible translation from Medieval color imagery. Love it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2018

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Stunning pictures ... this must have been a revelation and a revolution when printed

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Garry

Great quality item from Taschen

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 June 2019

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A lovely book - typical of the fantastic Taschen range.

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