Medieval from Bernett Penka Rare Books LLC

Three volumes in six comprising a rare complete collection of the monumental work on the Crusader Castles in the Holy Lands, the first volume covering the history, architecture, and construction of the Syrian Crusader castle Crac des Chavaliers, the second volume on the history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the construction of its fortresses and castles including Kerak,… Read more

216, VII pp. Cyrillic-language reference volume on iconography of the Virgin Mary in Greek and Russian church art and its connection to early Italian Renaissance painting, by the well-known Russian icon scholar. Scholarly notes with bibliographic information. Illustrated profusely throughout with close to 150 text illustrations, primarily reproductions from photographs. Handwritten ink notation "Baron de Baye" to title page… Read more

139 pp. text on high medieval Swiss stained glass in 7 churches and museums, detailed descriptions, extensive scholarly notes, bibliography, index, 28 text illustrations, 78 photographic plates (9 in color), 56 small photographic illustrations. Lg. 4to. Cloth, d.j. Basel (Birkhauser) 1956. (Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Schweiz I).

132 pp. text on Gothic sculpture of southern France, notes, bibliography, 36 plates. Some minor pencil annotations. 4to. Wrpps., spine rubbed. Paris (Henri Laurens) 1936.

5 vols.: One vol. text (207 pp.), including detailed analytical essay, ext. notes with bibliographic material, indices, and 4 vols. containing 810 excellent plates (3 in colors and gold) reproducing all the illuminations. Large 4to and folio. Uniform boards portfolios. Paris 1911-1927. Privately printed for Société Française de Reproductions de Manuscrits à Peintures. The first… Read more

X, 102 pp. text on later Gothic sculpture and painting of the Rhinelands and Hessia, notes, index, 68 plates (2 in color). 4to. New cloth. Frankfurt (J. Baer) 1910.

1987. 2 vols. I.: 213 pp. critical and descriptive text (in Italian and English) on the Byzantine codex considered to be the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, notes, lists, bibl., index, 43 plates showing leaves; II.: 376 pp. excellent facsimile reproduction of the mss. with metallic accents highlighting the chrysography and various illuminations. 4to. Text… Read more

Guido. XV, 121 pp. monograph on the 13th-century Sienese painter, his works and attributions, notes, bibliography, index, 128 illus. on plates. 4to. Cloth. d.j. Princeton (Princeton Univ. Press) 1964. Lucas p. 153. Freitag 5026. The work includes new information on Duccio and some of his contemporaries.

558 pp. text on 15th-century painting in and near Genoa, its emergence from the Middle Ages, foreign influences, in particular Flemish, and Lorenzo Fasolo, Carlo Braccesco, and their contemporaries, ext. notes, appendix of bio-bibliographical notices on the artists, chronological bibliography, index, 446 illus. (a considerable number in color). Large 4to. Cloth, d.j. Genoa (Cassa di Risparmio… Read more

20 pp. text and documentation, 26 plates showing the calendar and its illuminations. Large 4to. Cloth-backed boards. Munich (Riehn & Tietze) n.d.

The definitive German-language encyclopedia of iconography in Christian art, particularly Romanesque and Gothic works, in 8 vols.: 1-4. Allgemeine Ikonographie; 5. Ikonographie der Heiligen: Aaron bis Crescentianus von Rom; 6. Ikonographie der Heiligen: Crescentianus von Tunis bis Innocentia; 7. Ikonographie der Heiligen: Innozenz bis Melchisedech; and 8. Ikonographie der Heiligen: Meletius bis Zweiundvierzig Martyrer, Register, with chapters on general… Read more

219 pp. text on architecture and sculpture of St. Bénigne, Dijon, St. Philibert, Tournus, Cluny, Autun, Vézelay, etc., preface by Kingsley Porter, notes, index, 36 plates. 4to. Wrpps. Dijon (Venot) 1928.

3 vols. in 5, 305, 228, 347 pp. text describing the excavations at Khania (also known as Canea, Kanea, and Chania) notable for the considerable time span that they examined, including discussions of excavated buildings, pottery, and other finds, extensive scholarly notes, indices, text illustrations, 431 plates (1 laid-in) showing maps, floor plans, reconstructions, drawings, and images from photographs.… Read more

XXXI pp. description and critical text on the 15th-century blockbook, notes, iconographical list of the woodcuts, 10 text illus., 40 excellent facsimile plates showing the hand-colored woodcuts. Large 4to. Cloth, illus. d.j. Berlin (Union) 1967.

XXVIII, 385 pp. history and art history of the Gothic church and its art treasures, ext. notes, LXXXIX pp. documents, index, 100 illus. in the text and on plates. 4to. Orig. printed wrpps. Grenoble/ Paris (Falque & Perrin/ Picard) 1902. One of 500 copies.

2 vols., 276, 373 pp. scholarly survey of 188 early Gothic manuscripts illuminated in the British Isles during the 12th and 13th centuries, including a general introduction characterizing the early Gothic style, glossary of terms, bibliography, plate-by-plate catalog with commentary, various indices, and 732 illustrations on ca. 225 plates, many in color, text figures, and two frontispieces. 4to.… Read more

149 pp. monograph (in Serbian) on the 13th-century monastery church in the district of Novi Pazar in western Serbia and its outstanding wall paintings, notes, summary in English, list of illus. in Serbian and English, over 25 text illus. incl. plans, inscriptions, etc., 19 pp. of schematic drawings with bilingual captions interpreting the iconography, 61 plates (60 in fine… Read more

XVII, 157 pp. study of the Carolingian Bibles produced in Tours around the middle of the 9th century, with discussion of each iconographic theme, formal sources, and the construction of the Bibles, notes, index, 213 illus. 4to. Cloth. Princeton (Princeton Univ. Press) 1977. (Studies in Manuscript Illumination, 7). Arntzen R 70.

2 vols., 23 pp. introd., notes, bibliography, 2 color plates of the ivory binding, 19 text illus., facsimile of the 235 vellum leaves (34 pp. in color incl. all those with figurative illuminations). Sm. folio. Text in wrpps., facsimile in 1/2 vellum, housed together in slipcase. New York (Braziller) 1967. The Carolingian gospels, kept in Bucharest… Read more

At head of title-page: K.K. Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut. 71 pp. text discussing the reconstruction of the Early Christian remains in the city now located in modern-day Croatia, including descriptions of the basilicas and other structures, 158 text illustrations (some full-page), showing reconstructions, floor plans, ornamental details, etc., 3 plates (1 color) showing maps, floor plans, and a mosaic… Read more