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80-583: The Wenceslas Bible contains the text of one of the earliest Bible translations into German . The translation from the Latin Vulgata was commissioned by the wealthy burgher of Prague Martin Rotlev about 1375–1380. Although Wenceslas' father Emperor Charles IV forbade Bible translations from Latin into vernacular languages as heresy in 1369, king Wenceslas with his second wife Sophia disrespected his father's order by their patronage of this spectacular edition of

160-481: A small village near Oxford in about 1240. Nobility frequently purchased such texts, paying handsomely for decorative illustrations; among the most well-known creators of these is Jean Pucelle , whose Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux was commissioned by King Charles IV as a gift for his queen, Jeanne d'Évreux . Elements of the French Gothic present in such works include the use of decorative page framing reminiscent of

240-742: A German rendition of Bible texts for the benefit of the congregation. The translation of Martin Luther was used as far as it was already completed. This helped Zwingli to complete the entire translation five years before Luther. At the printing shop of Christoph Froschauer , the New Testament appeared from 1525 to 1529, and later parts of the Old Testament, with a complete translation in a single volume first printed in 1531, with an introduction by Zwingli and summaries of each chapter. This Froschauer Bible , containing more than 200 illustrations, became notable as

320-570: A clear break, and Gothic ornamental detailing is often introduced before much change is seen in the style of figures or compositions themselves. Then figures become more animated in pose and facial expression, tend to be smaller in relation to the background of scenes, and are arranged more freely in the pictorial space, where there is room. This transition occurs first in England and France around 1200, in Germany around 1220 and Italy around 1300. Painting during

400-434: A direct control over these wild areas if there was something produced in these areas such as beeswax, it was within these forests that provided an opportunity for a shift within the social-hierarchy of the time. Somebody who may be poor and unimportant in a more rural area had the opportunity to wield power through violence over travelers through this undeveloped land. Again, as a general motif found in various European cultures,

480-490: A flowing cloak holding an infantile Christ figure. Both the simplicity of the cloak and the youth of the child presage other sculptures found in northern Europe dating to the 14th century and early 15th century. Such sculpture shows an evolution from an earlier stiff and elongated style, still partly Romanesque, into a spatial and naturalistic feel in the late 12th and early 13th century. Other French Gothic sculptural subjects included figures and scenes from popular literature of

560-620: A heritage of depiction from more pagan mythos such as Satyrs. Sometimes called Green Men in other contexts, they can refer to a representation of the anxieties faced while traveling through the wilderness during important travel such as a pilgrimage. During travel through this wilderness, people could expect to find a variety of individuals on the outskirts of society such as highwaymen or pagan cultists, allowing this artistic depiction of Wild/Green Men to stand in for their fears of confrontation to these people during this travel. While there are definitely cases where Lords or other landowners had more of

640-526: A large proportion of the art produced in the period was religious, whether commissioned by the church or by the laity. Gothic art was often typological in nature, reflecting a belief that the events of the Old Testament pre-figured those of the New, and that this was indeed their main significance. Old and New Testament scenes were shown side by side in works like the Speculum Humanae Salvationis , and

720-521: A mainly lay and often female market, became a considerable industry in Paris and some other centres. Types of ivories included small, devotional polyptychs , single figures, especially of the Virgin , mirror-cases, combs, and elaborate caskets with scenes from Romances , used as engagement presents. The very wealthy collected extravagantly elaborate, jewelled and enamelled metalwork, both secular and religious, like

800-477: A masterpiece of printing at the time. The translation is mainly due to Zwingli and his friend Leo Jud , pastor at the St. Peter parish. The translation of the Old Testament was revised in 1540, that of the New Testament in 1574. Verse numbering was introduced in 1589. Catholic translations continued to be produced: in 1526, Beringer's translation of the New Testament was published at Speyer . In 1527, Hieronymus Emser did

880-505: A parallel movement to that in depictions of the Virgin. Even in Last Judgements Christ was now usually shown exposing his chest to show the wounds of his Passion . Saints were shown more frequently and altarpieces showed saints relevant to the particular church or donor in attendance on a Crucifixion or enthroned Virgin and Child , or occupying the central space themselves (this usually for works designed for side-chapels). Over

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960-482: A passage of time. For instance, we witness the birth of Esau and Jacob in one section, followed by a scene of them as children walking with their parents below. The Wenceslas Bible prioritized fidelity to the biblical text in its illustrations over instructing illuminators on how to portray specific figures such as Assyrians, Jews, or Asaph. This approach differed from contemporary practices that often incorporated culturally influenced or anti-Semitic iconography . Thus,

1040-481: A translation of the New Testament based on Luther's translation and the Vulgate . In 1534, Johann Dietenberger , OP, used Emser's New Testament and Leo Jud's translation of the deuterocanonical books in a complete Bible published at Mainz ; both Emser's and Dietenberger's prose partly followed the style of the pre-Lutheran translations. The Dietenberger Bible was published in various revisions. Kaspar Ulenberg 's revision

1120-526: A variety of more broad symbolic imagery such as libido, passion, impurity and freedom or the lack thereof, and often use this symbolism along with stories in the Bible to reference contemporary political events. The motifs of Wild Men within the Wenceslas Bible appear to carry distinct meanings, each contributing to the broader narrative. For example, within the marginalia, there are depictions of Wild Men holding

1200-479: A visual representation of his potency and authority, often associated with his ability to guide his kingdom towards prosperity. More broadly and most notably, the motif of hair, whether on the head or body, and its grooming is often associated with notions of health and spiritual purity. Additionally, some motifs are linked to themes of service or disobedience to God, as well as cultural distinctions such as tribes, lands, peoples, and languages. Perhaps most significantly,

1280-540: Is arguably the most well-known fresco artist from the period working in Sweden. Examples of Swedish churches with well-preserved frescos include Tensta , Gökhem and Anga churches. In northern Europe, stained glass was an important and prestigious form of painting until the 15th century, when it became supplanted by panel painting . Gothic architecture greatly increased the amount of glass in large buildings, partly to allow for wide expanses of glass, as in rose windows . In

1360-596: Is seen, although copied formulae were still used by most artists. Iconography was affected by changes in theology, with depictions of the Assumption of Mary gaining ground on the older Death of the Virgin , and in devotional practices such as the Devotio Moderna , which produced new treatments of Christ in subjects such as the Man of Sorrows , Pensive Christ and Pietà , which emphasized his human suffering and vulnerability, in

1440-636: The Biblia Pentapla at Hamburg in 1711. Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer 's translation was published in 1774, Simon Grynaeus' in 1776, and Vögelin's of the new testament in 1781. Heinrich Braun, OSB, did a new translation of the Vulgate, published at Augsburg from 1788 to 1797. Johann Michael Feder 's revision of this was published at Nuremberg in 1803. Feder's revision was the basis of Joseph Franz Allioli 's revision, published at Landshut in 1830 and 1832, and often republished. Dominic de Brentano translated

1520-672: The Biblia pauperum style, usually extending up to recently constructed cross vaults . In both Denmark and Sweden, they were almost all covered with limewash after the Reformation which has preserved them, but some have also remained untouched since their creation. Among the finest examples from Denmark are those of the Elmelunde Master from the Danish island of Møn who decorated the churches of Fanefjord , Keldby and Elmelunde . Albertus Pictor

1600-511: The Duc de Berry 's Holy Thorn Reliquary , until they ran short of money, when they were melted down again for cash. Gothic sculptures independent of architectural ornament were primarily created as devotional objects for the home or intended as donations for local churches, although small reliefs in ivory , bone and wood cover both religious and secular subjects, and were for church and domestic use. These sculptures were created by urban artisans, and

1680-878: The Fontana Maggiore in Perugia , and Giovanni's pulpit in Pistoia of 1301. Another revival of classical style is seen in the International Gothic work of Claus Sluter and his followers in Burgundy and Flanders around 1400. Late Gothic sculpture continued in the North, with a fashion for very large, wooden, sculpted altarpieces with increasingly virtuoso carving and large numbers agitated expressive figures; most surviving examples are in Germany, after much iconoclasm elsewhere. Tilman Riemenschneider , Veit Stoss and others continued

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1760-684: The Greek , recorded or established much of the Germanic Christian vocabulary that is still in use today. Later Charlemagne promoted Frankish Bible translations in the 9th century. There were Bible translations present in manuscript form at a considerable scale already in the thirteenth and the fourteenth century (e.g. the New Testament in the Augsburger Bible of 1350 and the Old Testament in

1840-592: The New Testament and the Pentateuch and Anton Dereser translated the rest of the Bible; this was published at Frankfurt in sixteen volumes from 1815 to 1828, and then was revised by Johann Martin Augustin Scholz and published in seventeen volumes from 1828 to 1837. Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette and Johann Christian Wilhelm Augusti did a translation that was published at Heidelberg from 1809 to 1814, and

1920-598: The Northern Renaissance , as there was a long delay before the Italian revival of interest in classicism had a great impact in the north. Painters like Robert Campin and Jan van Eyck made use of the technique of oil painting to create minutely detailed works, correct in perspective, where apparent realism was combined with richly complex symbolism arising precisely from the realistic detail they could now include, even in small works. In Early Netherlandish painting, from

2000-666: The Protestant Church of Germany refused to continue the cooperation for the current revision of the Einheitsübersetzung . Other well known German language Bible versions are: Zürcher Bibel , Elberfelder , Schlachter , Buber-Rosenzweig (OT only), Pattloch , Herder , Hoffnung für Alle (Hope for All), Die Gute Nachricht (The Good News), Gute Nachricht Bibel (Good News Bible, revision of "Gute Nachricht"), Bibel in gerechter Sprache (Bible in equitable language, i.e. non-sexist). Gothic art Gothic art

2080-545: The Song of Solomon was posthumously published in 1788. A Reformed translation by Johannes Piscator was published at Herborn from 1602 to 1604. Johannes Crellius (1599–1633) and Joachim Stegmann , Sr., did a German version of the Socinians ' Racovian New Testament , published at Raków in 1630. A Jewish translation of the Tanakh by Athias was published in 1666, and reprinted in

2160-530: The Wenceslas Bible of 1389). There are still approximately 1,000 manuscripts or manuscript fragments of Medieval German Bible translations extant. There is ample evidence for the general use of the entire vernacular German Bible in the fifteenth century. In 1466, before Martin Luther was even born, Johannes Mentelin printed the Mentel Bible, a High German vernacular Bible, at Strasbourg . This edition

2240-517: The coat of arms of Bohemia and other countries, while in other instances, King Wenceslas himself is depicted alongside these figures, such as during Wenceslas' bathing scene. When depicted alongside the King these Wild Men may symbolize Wenceslas' leadership qualities, suggesting his ability to navigate his kingdom towards civility and strength. Moreover, the presence of the King in the company of Wild Men may also convey notions of his own virility, serving as

2320-417: The livery badge , showed signs of feudal and political loyalty or alliance that came to be regarded as a social menace in England under bastard feudalism . The cheaper forms were sometimes given away free, as with the 13,000 badges ordered in 1483 by King Richard III of England in fustian cloth with his emblem of a white boar for the investiture of his son Edward as Prince of Wales, a huge number given

2400-600: The Bible have existed since the Middle Ages . The most influential is Luther 's translation, which established High German as the literary language throughout Germany by the middle of the seventeenth century and which still continues to be most widely used in the German-speaking world today. The earliest known and partly still available Germanic version of the Bible was the fourth century Gothic translation of Wulfila (c. 311–380). This version, translated primarily from

2480-458: The Bible were completed, it would have comprised about 1,800 leaves with circa 2,000 illuminations and would accordingly have surpassed all other medieval manuscripts in length, dimensions and wealth of artistic ornament. The Wenceslas Bible would have been more densely decorated than most Gothic Bibles; while most Gothic Bibles would contain only one illustration per book, the Wenceslas Bible had attempted to create an illustration for every chapter in

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2560-496: The Bible, so there are 1,189 illustrations in total, nearly eighteen times more than the average Gothic Bible. Sixty years later under Emperor Frederick III of Habsburg, the parts of the Bible that were completed were bound into three volumes, before being divided into six parts due to the volumes being too bulky, with two of these parts containing no illustrations whatsoever. The creation of the Wenceslas Bible involved multiple workshops and masters. The primary workshop responsible for

2640-475: The Byzantine iconic form to a more human and affectionate mother, cuddling her infant, swaying from her hip, and showing the refined manners of a well-born aristocratic courtly lady. Secular art came into its own during this period with the rise of cities, foundation of universities , increase in trade, the establishment of a money-based economy and the creation of a bourgeois class who could afford to patronize

2720-589: The Catholic world, influencing these new ideas of a Catholic reformation with his own influence. The Wenceslas Bible was never completed. The Book of Daniel , the Minor Prophets and the Books of Maccabees are lacking from the Old Testament and the New Testament was not even begun. The Bible contains 654 miniatures and initials; some were only scratched. The scribe left free spaces for more than 900 other illustrations. If

2800-604: The Germanic forest dwellers formed by bending trees together – a myth which would resurface much later in a more positive sense in the writings of the German Romantic movement. "Gothic art" was strongly criticized by French authors such as Boileau , La Bruyère , Rousseau , before becoming a recognized form of art, and the wording becoming fixed. Molière would famously comment on Gothic: The besotted taste of Gothic monuments, These odious monsters of ignorant centuries, Which

2880-652: The Gospels and the readings of the Sundays and Holy Days, and some fourteen German Psalters by the time Luther first published his own New Testament translation. An Anabaptist translation of the Prophets by Ludwig Hetzer and Hans Denck was published at Worms in 1529. The most important and influential translation of the Bible into German is the Luther Bible: the initial New Testament was released in 1522 (the "September Bible"); this

2960-462: The Gothic period was practiced in four primary media: frescos , panel paintings , manuscript illumination and stained glass . Frescos continued to be used as the main pictorial narrative craft on church walls in southern Europe as a continuation of early Christian and Romanesque traditions. An accident of survival has given Denmark and Sweden the largest groups of surviving church wall paintings in

3040-533: The Luther Bible was published. This is the translation currently in use. In the 2017 Luther Bible some of the text that had been 'toned down' in previous revisions has been reverted to Luther's stronger formulations. Zwingli 's High Alemannic German (Swiss German) translation grew out of the Prophezey , an exegetical workshop taking place on every weekday, with the participation of all clerics of Zürich, working at

3120-483: The Parisian Psalter of Saint Louis , dating from 1253 to 1270, features 78 full-page illuminations in tempera paint and gold leaf. During the late 13th century, scribes began to create prayer books for the laity, often known as books of hours due to their use at prescribed times of the day. Among the earliest is an example by William de Brailes that seems to have been written for an unknown laywoman living in

3200-406: The Virgin or saints depicted. These were usually displayed in the home. The Gothic period is essentially defined by Gothic architecture , and does not entirely fit with the development of style in sculpture in either its start or finish. The facades of large churches, especially around doors, continued to have large tympanums, but also rows of sculpted figures spreading around them. The statues on

3280-453: The Western (Royal) Portal at Chartres Cathedral ( c.  1145 ) show an elegant but exaggerated columnar elongation, but those on the south transept portal, from 1215–20, show a more naturalistic style and increasing detachment from the wall behind, and some awareness of the classical tradition. These trends were continued in the west portal at Reims Cathedral of a few years later, where

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3360-497: The Wild Men began to represent a variety of things, in this case the anxiety of encountering someone who may trick or hurt you in an unfamiliar area. Focusing on 14th century Bohemia, of all the various types of manuscripts commissioned by King Wenceslas, these Wild Men only appear in the Wenceslas Bible, presumably because their depiction is explicitly related to the non-secular text of the Bible. In this context, these wild men represent

3440-619: The aesthetic proportions and shapes of Classical art . Renaissance authors believed that the Sack of Rome by the Gothic tribes in 410 had triggered the demise of the Classical world and all the values they held dear. In the 15th century, various Italian architects and writers complained that the new "barbarian" styles filtering down from north of the Alps posed a similar threat to the classical revival promoted by

3520-476: The architecture of the time with elongated and detailed figures. The use of spatial indicators such as building elements and natural features such as trees and clouds also denote the French Gothic style of illumination. From the middle of the 14th century, blockbooks with both text and images cut as woodcut seem to have been affordable by parish priests in the Low Countries , where they were most popular. By

3600-603: The area, stylized or otherwise, were a common motif, often sitting on top of these naturalistic border flourishes directly next to a coat-of-arms representing Bohemia. Hairy figures known as Wild Men preside throughout the margins of the Wenceslas Bible. Medieval art historians such as Studnickova and Antunes have done extensive research regarding the " Wild Men " found as a motif in Medieval art. The Wild Men are figures covered in hair from head to toe, sometimes bald or combed, with human faces. While unique in depiction, they come from

3680-579: The arts and commission works, resulting in a proliferation of paintings and illuminated manuscripts. Increased literacy and a growing body of secular vernacular literature encouraged the representation of secular themes in art. With the growth of cities, trade guilds were formed and artists were often required to be members of a painters' guild . As a result, because of better record keeping, more artists are known to us by name in this period than any previous; some artists were even so bold as to sign their names. Gothic art emerged in Île-de-France , France, in

3760-422: The bottom of the market, often crudely coloured, were sold in thousands but are now extremely rare, most having been pasted to walls. Painting with oil on canvas did not become popular until the 15th and 16th centuries and was a hallmark of Renaissance art . In Northern Europe the important and innovative school of Early Netherlandish painting is in an essentially Gothic style, but can also be regarded as part of

3840-875: The decoration of churches. The Gothic period coincided with a great resurgence in Marian devotion , in which the visual arts played a major part. Images of the Virgin Mary developed from the Byzantine hieratic types, through the Coronation of the Virgin , to more human and intimate types, and cycles of the Life of the Virgin were very popular. Artists like Giotto , Fra Angelico and Pietro Lorenzetti in Italy, and Early Netherlandish painting , brought realism and more natural humanity to art. Western artists, and their patrons, became much more confident in innovative iconography , and much more originality

3920-586: The decoration was known as the Seven-Day Master, likely comprising at least four painters, while other illuminators such as Frana, the Solomon Master, and the Esra Master also worked on specific layers. Variations in illustration techniques and page production, credited to different masters, further support the idea of the manuscript's collaborative origin. Evidence for this detailed analysis, draws heavily from

4000-460: The dominant colours, and relatively few smaller pieces of glass in other colours. Illuminated manuscripts represent the most complete record of Gothic painting, providing a record of styles in places where no monumental works have otherwise survived. The earliest full manuscripts with French Gothic illustrations date to the middle of the 13th century. Many such illuminated manuscripts were royal bibles, although psalters also included illustrations;

4080-616: The early 12th century, at the Abbey Church of St Denis built by Abbot Suger . The style rapidly spread beyond its origins in architecture to sculpture, both monumental and personal in size, textile art, and painting, which took a variety of forms, including fresco , stained glass , the illuminated manuscript , and panel painting . Monastic orders , especially the Cistercians and the Carthusians , were important builders who disseminated

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4160-456: The early Renaissance. The "Gothic" qualifier for this art was first used in Raphael 's letter to Pope Leo X c.  1518 and was subsequently popularised by the Italian artist and writer Giorgio Vasari , who used it as early as 1530, calling Gothic art a "monstrous and barbarous" "disorder". Raphael claimed that the pointed arches of northern architecture were an echo of the primitive huts

4240-413: The early part of the period mainly black paint and clear or brightly coloured glass was used, but in the early 14th century the use of compounds of silver, painted on glass which was then fired, allowed a number of variations of colour, centred on yellows, to be used with clear glass in a single piece. By the end of the period designs increasingly used large pieces of glass which were painted, with yellows as

4320-403: The emphasis lay on textual accuracy and avoiding bias as much as possible to keep to the true word of the Bible. Most of the images within the Wenceslas Bible are depictions of a Bible story, heraldry or rhetorical themes relating to Bohemia, or sometimes both. The style of the illustrations is generally typical of 14th century Gothic Bohemia, however there are subtle evolutions in style as

4400-436: The end of the century, printed books with illustrations, still mostly on religious subjects, were rapidly becoming accessible to the prosperous middle class, as were engravings of fairly high quality by printmakers like Israhel van Meckenem and Master E. S. In the 15th century, the introduction of cheap prints , mostly in woodcut , made it possible even for peasants to have devotional images at home. These images, tiny at

4480-513: The figures are almost in the round, as became usual as Gothic spread across Europe. Bamberg Cathedral has perhaps the largest assemblage of 13th century sculpture, culminating in 1240 with the Bamberg Rider , the first life-size equestrian statue in Western art since the 6th century. "In Italy the Gospel of Gothic was preached from pulpits not from tympana, and the unit of the sculptor's thinking

4560-426: The late 15th century. In many areas, especially Germany, Late Gothic art continued well into the 16th century, before being subsumed into Renaissance art . Primary media in the Gothic period included sculpture , panel painting , stained glass , fresco and illuminated manuscripts . The easily recognizable shifts in architecture from Romanesque to Gothic, and Gothic to Renaissance styles, are typically used to define

4640-473: The most common theme for three-dimensional small statues is the Virgin Mary alone or with a child. Paris was the main centre of ivory workshops, and exported to most of northern Europe, though Italy also had a considerable production. An exemplar of these independent sculptures is among the collections of the Abbey Church of St Denis; the silver-gilt Virgin and Child dates to 1339 and features Mary enveloped in

4720-510: The new German Bible translation. Their own patronage confirms an inscription in the manuscript. It indicates the close relationship between the Bohemian royal court and the nascent Bohemian Reformation . This translation project would allow the listener to read and understand the words of the bible in their own language without the need for a priest as intermediary. Additionally, by financing this project, Wenceslas believed that he could have sway over

4800-419: The numerous black spaces unfinished illustrations were meant to go, meaning that these instructions would either be scratched away or have the artist simply paint over the words. Bible stories would be depicted as a collection of a few images across the page, a process called maeren hort , allowing the protagonist of the story to take up multiple spaces across the page and communicate a non-verbal narrative over

4880-491: The period many ancient iconographical features that originated in New Testament apocrypha were gradually eliminated under clerical pressure, like the midwives at the Nativity , though others were too well-established, and considered harmless. The word " Gothic " for art was initially used as a synonym for " Barbaric ", and was therefore used pejoratively. Its critics saw this type of Medieval art as unrefined and too remote from

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4960-474: The periods in art in all media, although in many ways figurative art developed at a different pace. The earliest Gothic art was monumental sculpture , on the walls of Cathedrals and abbeys. Christian art was often typological in nature (see Medieval allegory ), showing the stories of the New Testament and the Old Testament side by side. Saints' lives were often depicted. Images of the Virgin Mary changed from

5040-461: The portrayal of Wild Men engaging in political symbolism, often through the display of coats of arms, particularly that of Bohemia, underscores their role in reflecting contemporary political tensions through biblical imagery. Overall, the Wild Men tend to represent man's tendency towards barbarism and God or the King's power to bring humanity towards civilization and salvation. Bible translations into German German language translations of

5120-547: The production entered the 15th century. Many of the colors used are soft pastel reds, greens, and blues. Flourishes that decorate the borders of the text are often natural shapes such as leaves or flowers. Sometimes these flourishes are subtly interlaced, sometimes much more complexly. The name of the Book or chapter of the Bible being discussed would be at the top of the page portrayed in calligraphy lettering, surrounded by intricate interlacing patterns. Kingfishers and other birds native to

5200-616: The revision by Wette was published from 1831 to 1833. Rabbi Michael Sachs worked with Arnheim and Füchs on a new translation of the Tenakh published at Berlin in 1838. Loch and Reischl did a translation from the Vulgate, compared with the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, published at Regensburg from 1851 to 1866. A modern German translation is the Catholic Einheitsübersetzung ("unified" or "unity translation"), so called because it

5280-651: The richest cities of Northern Europe, a new minute realism in oil painting was combined with subtle and complex theological allusions, expressed precisely through the highly detailed settings of religious scenes. The Mérode Altarpiece (1420s) of Robert Campin and the Washington Van Eyck Annunciation or Madonna of Chancellor Rolin (both 1430s, by Jan van Eyck ) are examples. For the wealthy, small panel paintings , even polyptychs in oil painting were becoming increasingly popular, often showing donor portraits alongside, though often much smaller than

5360-475: The style and developed distinctive variants of it across Europe. Regional variations of architecture remained important, even when, by the late 14th century, a coherent universal style known as International Gothic had evolved, which continued until the late 15th century, and beyond in many areas. Although there was far more secular Gothic art than is often thought today, as generally the survival rate of religious art has been better than for secular equivalents,

5440-566: The style well into the 16th century, gradually absorbing Italian Renaissance influences. Life-size tomb effigies in stone or alabaster became popular for the wealthy, and grand multi-level tombs evolved, with the Scaliger Tombs of Verona so large they had to be moved outside the church. By the 15th century there was an industry exporting Nottingham alabaster altar reliefs in groups of panels over much of Europe for economical parishes who could not afford stone retables. Small carvings, for

5520-485: The time. Imagery from the poetry of the troubadours was particularly popular among artisans of mirror-cases and small boxes presumably for use by women. The Casket with Scenes of Romances (Walters 71264) of 1330–50 is an unusually large example with space for a number of scenes from different literary sources. Souvenirs of pilgrimages to shrines, such as clay or lead badges , medals and ampullae stamped with images were also popular and cheap. Their secular equivalent,

5600-407: The torrents of barbary spewed forth. In its beginning, Gothic art was initially called "French work" ( Opus Francigenum ), thus attesting the priority of France in the creation of this style. Painting in the Gothic style did not exist until around 1200, over 50 years after the beginnings of Gothic architecture and sculpture. The transition from Romanesque to Gothic is very imprecise and not at all

5680-460: The work of researchers such as Julius von Schlosser , Gerhard Schmidt , and Josef Krása, which sheds light on the manuscript's complex authorship and dating. On the margins of the Bible there is also evidence of instruction from a conceptor , a theologian that acted similar to a creative director, in collaboration with the artists that would ensure the illustrators accurately depicted the word of God. There remains evidence of these instructions in

5760-502: Was a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in the 12th century AD, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture . It spread to all of Western Europe , and much of Northern , Southern and Central Europe , never quite effacing more classical styles in Italy. In the late 14th century, the sophisticated court style of International Gothic developed, which continued to evolve until

5840-476: Was an autonomous, self-consistent work of art" ( John Pope-Hennessy ). Nicola Pisano (1258–78) and his son Giovanni developed a style that is often called Proto-Renaissance , with unmistakable influence from Roman sarcophagi and sophisticated and crowded compositions, including a sympathetic handling of nudity, in relief panels on their pulpit of Siena Cathedral (1265–68) , Pulpit in the Pisa Baptistery ,

5920-621: Was based on a no-longer-extant fourteenth-century manuscript translation of the Vulgate from the area of Nuremberg . By 1518, it had been reprinted at least 13 times. The Sensenschmidt Bible was published around 1476‒1478. In 1478–1479, two editions were published in Cologne , one in the Low Rhenish dialect and another in Low Saxon . In 1483, the Koberger was printed . In 1494, another Low German Bible

6000-589: Was published at Augsburg in twelve volumes from 1783 to 1789. Moses Mendelssohn (a.k.a. Moses ben Menahem-Mendel and Moses Dessau; 1729–86) translated part of the Torah into German, which was published in Amsterdam in 1778. The translation was honored by some Jews and Protestants, while some Jews banned it. The whole Pentateuch and Psalms was published in 1783, and was appreciated even in Christian circles. His version of

6080-410: Was published at Mainz in 1617, and at Cologne in 1630. Ulenberg's revision was the basis for the "Catholic Bible," the revision by Jesuit theologians published at Mainz in 1661, 1662, and so on. Th. Erhard, OSB, did a revision published at Augsburg in 1722, which was in its sixth edition by 1748. G. Cartier's revision was published at Konstanz in 1751. The revision by Ignatius von Weitenauer , SJ,

6160-623: Was published in the dialect of Lübeck , and in 1522, the last pre-Lutheran Bible, the Low Saxon Halberstadt Bible was published. In 1477, in Delft, Holland, an Old Testament (except the Psalms) was printed in Middle Dutch . An accompanying New Testament seems to have been lost. In total, there were at least eighteen Catholic complete German Bible editions, ninety editions in the vernacular of

6240-474: Was revised in 1984, and this version was adapted to the new German orthography in 1999. Here also some revisions have taken place, e.g. "Weib" > "Frau". Despite the revisions, the language is still somewhat archaic and difficult for non-native speakers who want to learn the German language using a German translation of the Bible. In 2017, on the 500th anniversary of Reformation Day , a completely revised version of

6320-544: Was the first German translation notionally from ( Erasmus ') Greek and not translated only from the Latin Vulgate. Translations of Old Testament books were released incrementally, completed in 1534, again with reference to the Hebrew. The influence that Martin Luther's translation had on the development of the German language is often compared to the influence the King James Version had on English. The Luther Bible

6400-470: Was the first common translation used for all Catholic German-speaking dioceses. The text of the New Testament and the Psalms of the Einheitsübersetzung was agreed on by a committee of Catholic and Protestant scholars, and therefore was intended to be used by both Roman Catholics and Protestants especially for ecumenical services, while the remainder of the Old Testament follows a Catholic tradition. However,

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