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Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk

1340 · 223 pictures

The Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk is a illuminated gospel harmony manuscript of 1340, made in Austria for a religious community and now held in a Swiss digital manuscript library. Its pictures are small painted scenes with haloed figures in red, blue and ochre, set against pale parchment, showing gestures and drapery a designer could borrow for medieval-style figure work.

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