Wenceslas Bible
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The Wenceslas Bible[1] (German: Wenzelsbibel) or the Bible of Wenceslaus IV (Czech: Bible Václava IV.) is a multi-volume illuminated biblical manuscript written in the German language. The manuscript was commissioned by the King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (that time also the King of the Romans) and made in Prague in the 1390s. The Wenceslas Bible is unique and very precious not only because of its text, which is one of the earliest German translations of the Bible, but also because of its splendid illuminations. This oldest German deluxe Bible manuscript[2] remained uncompleted.[1]
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Wenceslas Bible | |
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Vienna, Austrian National Library (Cod. 2759–64) | |
Type | Bible |
Date | 1390s |
Place of origin | Prague Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire |
Language(s) | German |
Illuminated by | Frána Kuthner and others |
Patron | Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia |
Material | Parchment |
Size | 1,214 leaves |
Format | 530 x 365 mm |
Contents | Old Testament (Daniel, Minor Prophets and Maccabees missing) |
Illumination(s) | 654 miniatures |
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