THE AUGSBURG WUNDERZEICHENBUCH
A mid-sixteenth century book of miracles with 167 pages of gouache and watercolour images, some heightened with gold and each inscribed below with a description of the extraordinary event depicted. 202 x 307mm. Acquired by a Private Collector. In December 2013 Taschen published a facsimile edition entitled "The Book of Miracles", with accompanying commentary by Till-Holger Borchert and Joshua P. Waterman.
Exhibited works
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Folio 94: "In 1527, a gruesome wind from Turkey.... -
Folio 1, Genesis 7, 11-14: "In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life... -
Folio 3 Genesis 19, 24-26: "Then the Lord rained upon Sodom... -
Folio 109: "1531, the comet’s tail, as it first appeared... -
Folio 107: In 1531, a wondrous animal... -
Folio 19: "In 73 B.C., when people were drinking... -
Folio 36: "In 1162 A.D., it snowed twelve times in a row near Milan... -
Folio 105: "In 1531, four comets stood in the sky... -
Folio 28: "In 1007 A.D., a wondrous comet appeared... -
Folio 52: "In 1300 A.D., a terrible comet appeared in the sky... -
Folio 65: "In 1401 A.D., a big comet with a tail... -
Folio 95: "In 1527, on the eleventh of October... -
Folio 70: “In 1456, in the month of June, a comet appeared…. -
Folio 133: “In 1546, in the month of August, the fire from the sky… -
Folio 114: “In 1533, three suns shone similarly… -
Folio 136: “In 1547, this fine wheat grew… -
Folio 115: “In 1534, one of the wondrous creatures…