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Die Bamberger Apokalypse : eine Reichenauer Bilderhandschrift vom Jahre 1000

Wölfflin, Heinrich, 1864-1945 · 1921 · München : K. Wolff · 21 pictures

A 1921 Munich facsimile by Heinrich Wölfflin reproducing the Bamberg Apocalypse, a Reichenau illuminated manuscript of about 1000 made for a medieval German church audience. The pictures show ink-and-wash style miniatures with angels, elders in rows, and biblical scenes framed by ruled borders and Latin text, offering a designer compact figure groupings and strongly outlined drapery patterns to adapt.

Bamberg Apocalypse · Bible · Illumination of books and manuscripts, German · Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library