The Universal Art Group brings together esteemed names such as Müller & Schindler, Faksimile Verlag, Kulturalis, Eikon Editores, and Haltadefinizione under a new collective identity.
Allegories of life – the Tabula CebetisArundel MS 317 is a precious treasure of the Arundel Collection in the British Library. The magnificent manuscript is an impressive testimony to the radiance with which humanist scholarship and the spirit of the Renaissance spread from Italy throughout Europe…
A masterpiece of Central Asian art, one of the most important and at the same time most beautiful treatises on the starry sky, created for the greatest scientist on a ruler‘s throne, a symbol of the flourishing of the legendary city of Samarkand in the Middle Ages: this incredible manuscript is now …
A perfect, faithful facsimile edition finally makes available what is arguably the most beautiful edition of one of the most popular books of the Middle Ages: The Travels of Knight Jean de Mandeville from the famous Livre des merveilles ("Book of Wonders") is being published for the first time ever …
The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, truly rich in great art treasures, possesses a jewel that is unique in its kind and artistic form, while also being a truly enigmatic object: the so-called Vienna Model Book.Although it is commonly referred to as a model book in the literature, its actual pu…
98 miniatures of the highest quality, mostly covering more than half a page, illustrate this unique manuscript. The content, the Othea Letters, is the fascinating work of the first independent female writer of the Western world: Christine de Pizan.Christine de Pizan, highly educated and literarily…
This sky atlas collection by the Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius (approx. 1596-1665) brings a masterpiece from the golden age of sky cartography to life and is called the most beautiful constellation maps in history. The Cellarius Sky Atlas is brilliantly decorated with…
At the beginning of the 16th century, this enigmatic and enchanting book was created in France: a manuscript that depicts the episodes of a moving love story in 15 full-page illustrations. Joy and dance find their place just as much as the shared ride and the lovers in conversation or in an intimate…
Gaston III., count of Foix and Béarn in the south of France, wrote his “Livre de chasse”, or Master of Game, in the years 1387-1389. This work not only represents the most famous record of medieval hunting, but may also be considered as one of the most interesting testimonies to the cultural history…
