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The Silver Library of Duke Albrecht of Prussia and his wife Anna Maria : a publication of the University Library in Toruń and the National Library of Poland
- Title
- The Silver Library of Duke Albrecht of Prussia and his wife Anna Maria : a publication of the University Library in Toruń and the National Library of Poland / Janusz Tondel, Arkadiusz Wagner ; editor: Hazel Pearson.
- Author
- Tondel, Janusz
- Publication
- Zürich : Lit, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 21-646 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
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- Description
- 319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm
- Summary
- The Silver Library (Silberbibliothek) of Albrecht, Duke of Prussia, and his wife Anna Maria is an absolutely unique collection of volumes bound in richly decorated precious metal. It was founded between the end of the 1540s and the beginning of the 1560s as a manifestation of the splendor of the ducal court and a deep reverence for the Word of God and Lutheran thought. Originally it consisted of twenty items mainly created in goldsmith workshops in Königsberg, Nuremberg and probably Münden. This monograph gives a historical overview of the Silver Library against the background of the ducal couple's lives as well as the culture of the 16th-century Prussia. It also presents an analysis of the bindings as examples of the Renaissance and Mannerist art of goldsmithing. -- From back cover
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
- Call Number
- JQF 21-646
- ISBN
- 9783643911575
- 3643911572
- LCCN
- 9783643911575
- OCLC
- 1161159868
- Author
- Tondel, Janusz, author.
- Title
- The Silver Library of Duke Albrecht of Prussia and his wife Anna Maria : a publication of the University Library in Toruń and the National Library of Poland / Janusz Tondel, Arkadiusz Wagner ; editor: Hazel Pearson.
- Publisher
- Zürich : Lit, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
- Added Author
- Wagner, Arkadiusz, 1976- author.Pearson, Hazel, editor.Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Toruniu, issuing body.Biblioteka Narodowa (Poland), issuing body.
- Other Form:
- 9783643961570 PDF version
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783643911575
- Research Call Number
- JQF 21-646