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The Book of Miracles

by Joshua P. Waterman

A Renaissance manuscript of wonders and warnings

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A Renaissance manuscript of wonders and warnings

Created in Augsburg around 1550, the illustrated manuscript brings biblical and folkloric narratives together with reports of phenomena presented as contemporary to its maker. Its 169 large-format pages, rendered in gouache and watercolor, range from shooting stars and locusts to monsters and floods. This compact edition pairs the images with translations of the manuscript texts and two essays introducing the work’s cultural and historical context, giving the visual material a documentary as well as religious and folkloric frame.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in Renaissance art and illustrated manuscripts.
  • For those exploring biblical imagery, folklore, and historical accounts of unusual natural phenomena.
  • For art-book readers who value reproductions accompanied by translated texts and contextual essays.

Themes

Renaissance manuscript artBiblical and folkloric narrativesWondrous and ominous phenomenaCultural and historical context

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Book overview

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.

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