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Borso d'Este Bible
La Bibbia di Borso d’Este – 2 Vol. FacsimileLimited Handbound Edition
Mona Lisa of Illuminated Manuscripts
TheBible of Borso d’Estestands among themost magnificent illuminated manuscripts of the Italian Renaissanceand represents one of the most ambitious projects of courtly book production in fifteenth-century Europe. Commissioned byBorso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, and executed between1455 and 1461, the manuscript embodies the cultural, political, and artistic aspirations of the Este court at their zenith.
This facsimile edition offers afaithful and authoritative reproductionof the original two-volume Bible preserved at theBiblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena, allowing close study of a work that is otherwise inaccessible to all but a few specialists.
The Original Manuscript
The originalBibbia di Borso d’Estewas illuminated by the leading artists of the Ferrarese school, most notablyTaddeo CrivelliandFranco dei Russi, whose work combines late Gothic splendor with the emerging clarity and balance of Renaissance humanism. Every page is framed by elaborate architectural borders, mythological figures, vegetal ornament, and heraldic imagery, executed with extraordinary precision and chromatic richness.
The manuscript’s scale is monumental, conceived not for private devotion but as astatement of dynastic power, erudition, and artistic supremacy. Its careful humanistic script, harmonious page layout, and lavish illumination place it among the supreme achievements of Renaissance book art.
The Facsimile Edition
This facsimile has been produced by a master bookbinder and usingstate-of-the-art photographic and printing techniques, with particular attention to:
- Exceptional colour fidelity produced with state-of-the-art Konica Minolta professional-grade offset printing.
- Bound in luxurious burgundy velvet
- Preservation of the visual rhythm and proportions of the original pages
- Respect for the tactile and material presence of the manuscript
The result is a reproduction that conveys not only the imagery but also theaesthetic and intellectual characterof the original codex, suitable for scholarly consultation and refined display.
- Two-volume facsimile reflecting the original division of Old and New Testaments
- Large-format approximately size: 36cm x27cm (14.17" × 10.63")
- High-quality materials intended for long-term preservation
- Produced for collectors, libraries, and cultural institutions
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