Antwerp, Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Inv. 946

Mayer van den Bergh Breviary Facsimile Edition

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The Mayer van den Bergh Breviary is a Christian liturgical manuscript made in Flanders, in Ghent or Bruges, around 1500 by a workshop of at least twelve illuminators. This talented group of artists accomplished twenty-nine full-page, seven half-page, and twenty small miniatures along with nine historiated borders and twelve calendar pages with bas-de-page miniatures and additional scenes set into architectural borders. The manuscript's text was written in two campaigns: the first potentially for an Italian patron; the second for a Portuguese patron, possibly Manuel I, King of Portugal.

We have 2 facsimiles of the manuscript "Mayer van den Bergh Breviary":

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Manuscript book description compiled by Erin K. Donovan.
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#1 The Breviary of the Mayer van den Bergh (Portfolio Edition)

Brussels: C. Weckesser, 1932

  • Commentary (English) by Gaspar, Camille; Heckscher, Martin; Haynes, E. M.
  • Limited Edition: 300 copies
  • This is a partial facsimile of the original document, Mayer van den Bergh Breviary: the facsimile might represent only a part, or doesn't attempt to replicate the format, or doesn't imitate the look-and-feel of the original document.

Full-color reproduction on single leaves of the 73 miniatures featured in the original manuscript. Portfolio and commentary text issued together in a paper slipcase.

The same publisher also printed a French edition of the facsimile with title Le Bréviaire du musée Van Der Bergh a Anvers (limited edition of 700 copies).

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#2 The Breviary of the Mayer van den Bergh (Bound Edition)

Brussels: C. Weckesser, 1932

  • Commentary (English) by Gaspar, Camille; Heckscher, Martin; Haynes, E. M.
  • Limited Edition: 700 copies
  • This is a partial facsimile of the original document, Mayer van den Bergh Breviary: the facsimile might represent only a part, or doesn't attempt to replicate the format, or doesn't imitate the look-and-feel of the original document.

The pages are represented on a larger white background.

Binding

Brown linen binding.

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