Bibles & sacred texts - facsimiles - Omi

OMI - Old Manuscripts & Incunabula • tel 212/ 758-1946 • fax 593-6186 • www.omifacsimiles.com • immels@earthlink.net Biblical texts, p.2
c.1200 Biblia de Pamplona.
[Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek, I.2.4° 15]
[84-96254-15-1] Madrid, 2005. 16 x 23.5 cm, 544 pp + commentary.
This Codex, commissioned by King Sancho VII of Navarra shortly before 1200, contains
the Old and New Testaments as well as representations of numerous saints, plus an
appendix of apocryphal texts. The MS is exceptional both for its text and for its artistic
content: 976 illustrations in whole and half pages, accompanied by a brief descriptive text;
with such an abundance of rich illustrations the Codex represents a peculiarity for its time
since the successive narrative of images is more proper of the late eras; with the beginning
of Carolingian art text occupies a predominant place whereas only a few subjects are
illustrated. It is at the height of the Middle Ages when this form of biblical illustration
returns. At this time the Bible of Pamplona appears, together with 2 clearly related and
incomplete MSS from the same atelier, occupying a very special place in the history of
biblical illustration. The miniatures are realized in drawings made with fine brush strokes
and colored with watercolor techniques. Their strong lines, the originality of the
composition and the generous treatment of space are very impressive. In that artistic
dramatism numerous stylistic elements from various regions and different times are united
and achieve a harmonic and expressive composition. The origin of the text comes from a
version of the original vulgate and was inserted after the illustrations in gothic minuscule
script where persons and events are presented. Limited edition of 980 copies, bound in
leather with silver clasps; black clamshell case with sterling medallion. (few copies
remaining)
€ 5286
10- 20th c. Muṣḥaf-i Īrān : bi-khaṭṭ va nigār-i hunarʹ′mandān-i Īrān dar ṭūl-i hazār sāl /
taḥqīq va tanẓīm-i Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir Najafī. [tipped-in title page:] The
Mushaf of Iran. Handwritten and Painted by Iranian Artists during a Period of
a Thousand Years.
[Bagdad, National Iranian Museum, National Iranian Library, & 4 other
institutions]
[3-937-69600-8] Cologne, 2003. 22 x 33 cm, 3 vols, c.1600 pp + commentary.
After studying Quranic manuscripts in Iranian libraries and museums Dr.
Seyyed-Mohammad-Bagher Najafi-Shoushtari decided to compile a complete copy of the
Qur’an from the most important MSS. This important composite facsimile edition consists
of more than 180 Quranic MSS written by Iranian artists during a period of a thousand
years, ranging from the tenth to the beginning of the 20th century. Commentary in English,
Farsi and Arabic. Limited edition of 4000 copies, hardbound with golden embossed
coverboards.