![]() Showcasing magnificent vivid colors and masterful artistry, it is a highlight of thirteenth-century illumination.Įxtremely refined in its artistic quality, the codex was left incompleted. 1r and v, 5r) and additions made by Manfred, which are clearly marked in the beginning by notations reading “Rex”, “Rex Manfredus”, or “addidit Rex”.īrilliant in coloring, the miniatures are accurate and minute, even to details of plumage, while the representation of birds in flight has an almost photographic quality. This manuscript is also notable for containing portraits of both the emperor enthroned and his son Manfred at the opening of the manuscript (fol. Falconers and other human figures are featured hunting or engaged in other activities to instruct the reader about the techniques described in the book. More than 900 images of birds, along with 12 horses and other animals illustrate the text throughout. ![]() The manuscript displays two columns of text written in an elegant Gothic script and extensive illuminations in the margins. The Art of Falconry: The Illustrations of a Manuscript of Natural Science This the finest of Frederick II’s versions because of the remarkable execution of the illustrations that embellish it. 1071 is preserved in the Vatican Library. Seven manuscripts made in the thirteenth century and the Pal. ![]() ![]() Coupling texts and direct observation, he contended that he spent thirty years compiling this famed treatise on ornithology and falconry. Frederick II composed the text in 1240s and dedicated the work to his son Manfred. ![]()
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