Lot no. 179
The Prayer Book of Otto III. facsimile of the manuscript Clm 30111 in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich. 2 vols. (facs. and comm.) Lucerne, Faksimile Verlag, 2008. 44 vols. Cl.8°. Illustrated cloth and cloth with gilt-stamped title, together in cloth case with mounted vignette. Vignette.
One of 980 Arabic numbered copies. - The original manuscript of Otto III's prayer book is considered to be the only surviving prayer book of an Ottonian king. Created at the end of the 10th century, the manuscript conveys a monastic ideal of a ruler on 44 sheets of vellum lined with purple. - A freshly printed copy.
2 vols. (facs. and comm.) Illustrated cloth and cloth with gilt-stamped title, together in leather cassette with mounted vignette. - One of 980 copies numbered in Arabic. - The original manuscript of Otto III's prayer book is considered to be the only surviving prayer book of an Ottonian king. Created at the end of the 10th century, the manuscript conveys a monastic ideal of a ruler on 44 sheets of vellum lined with purple. - A freshly printed copy.
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