AUBERT, David

CRONICA DE LAS CRUZADAS DE JERUSALEM. Facsímil

      Eds. Reales Sitios - Apaisado de 544 x 282 mm. 44p. con las guardas, Miniaturas: 147 (grandes, pequeñas, medallones y capitulares historiadas). Impresión a su color con estampación de oros. Encuadernación artesanal, exacta al original en pergamino sobre tabla. Se incluye Libro de Estudios conteniendo: Transcripción, Traducción, Paleográfico, Codicológico, Histórico, Artístico, Catálogo de Imágenes. Contiene toda la obra a todo su color. Tirada única de 575 ejemplares numerados y certificados ante notario.Esta obra fue realizada en el taller de David Aubert y pintado por el maestro Guillermo Vrelant hacia 1455 para Felipe III el Bueno, Duque de Borgoña, describe las batallas y sitios de ciudades que tuvieron lugar durante las Cruzadas y la conquista de la Tierra Santa. Su extraño formato alargado y apaisado explica su propia razón de ser: además de una crónica, es una genealogía de los reyes del reino latino.The Chronicles of the Crusades Viena, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 2533 Format: Oblong of 544 x 282 mm. Pages: 44 (including blank pages). Miniatures: 147, big and small medals and historical chapters. Printing: To all its colour with golden print. Binding: Artisan, exact as original. Parchment on plank. Book of Studies: Transcription, Translation, Palaeographic, Codicological, Historic, Artistic and catalogue of illustrations. It contains a complete work to all its colour. Print Run: Unique 575 numbered copies with notarized deed. Made in David Aubert's studio and painted by de master Guillermo Vrelant towards 1455, for Felipe III "The Good One", Duke of Borgoña. It describes the battles and the sieges of the cities that took place during the Crusades ant the conquer of the "Holy Land". Its strange and oblong format explains its own reason of being; besides being a chronicle, it is also a genealogy of the kings of the Latin Kingdom. The genealogies used to be written on a parchment that could be rolled. In an inventory made in 1467 at Borgoña's court, the note aside this manuscript said "tournant en maniêre de rôle", which explains its format and the composition of the text into four columns. Afterwards it was cut to be binded as a codice. The result was spectacular. Since the first crusade, encouraged by the Pope Urban II in 1095, to the fall of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, appeared Godofredo of Bouillon, Federico Barbaroja, Ricardo Corazón de Leon, Saladino among others historical characters. It also gathers the creation of The Knights Templar Order and the Knights Hospitaller Order of Saint John, lately Order of Rhodes, nowdays Order of Malta. Besides its esthetic, they appear condensed the utensils for the assault, war machines, ships, sited and surrounded cities, clothes and armors, horses, shields and standards, complete armies etc. A need for the studious and an authentic pleasure for the bibliophile.