{"id":762,"date":"2013-05-01T12:16:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T11:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/?p=762"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:51:15","slug":"german-miniature-picture-bibles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/2013\/05\/01\/german-miniature-picture-bibles\/","title":{"rendered":"The German Miniature Picture Bibles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curating the the K\u00fcslins\u2019 Bible was an attractive\u00a0prospect for me as I have an academic background in Prints and printmaking and my current PhD is in Theology and the Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Delving into the Protestant devotional context of Augsburg and seeing how it influenced their pictorial compositions has been an exciting opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>When I first looked at this pair of miniature Bibles, I was amazed by their near perfect condition, given that they were primarily used as supports in spiritual contemplation which would mean they would have been used regularly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/hands.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/hands.jpg 504w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/hands-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holding one of the miniature Bibles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>In addition to limited factual documentation on the books, I soon established that finding out any information concerning the K\u00fcslin sisters themselves was going to be a tricky task \u2013 in this early stage of my research I only found one reference to them!<\/p>\n<p>However, research on thumb Bibles, their function and German printmakers luckily proved to be more fruitful.<\/p>\n<p>I spent a lot of time emailing many specialists and worldwide libraries, which had other sets of the K\u00fcslins\u2019 Bible, to see what information could be found \u2013 the results confirmed I was working on some unique objects!<\/p>\n<p>I also worked with The Courtauld\u2019s Conservation team to find out about the physical make-up of the books and the cleaning had brought the silverwork back to their former glory.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the Bibles under the microscope and seeing the details of the clasps and the engravings of the putti on the mounts emphasised the pain-staking work that went into making these beautiful objects.\u00a0Even the detail on the small engraved crosses was made to look like wood-grain.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-763\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-763 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image002.jpg 490w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image002-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Alexandra Gerstein, The Courtauld\u2019s Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, examines the books<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The Courtauld\u2019s Paper Conservator\u00a0Kate Edmondson\u00a0also gave me an insight as to which parts of the picture books were likely later additions, and the question arose as to how much of these books could definitively be dated to late seventeenth century Augsburg.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-764\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-764\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image003.jpg 490w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image003-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josephine with Paper Conservator Kate Edmondson looking at how the K\u00fcslins\u2019 Bible was made and \u2018re-made\u2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>For example, the silk headbands sewn into the structure of the book to protect the top and bottom may have been re-done in the Victorian period when the books were likely to have been re-bound.<\/p>\n<p>Midway through my research, a lead from the Rare Books Curator at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webarchive.org.uk\/wayback\/archive\/20130504004000\/http:\/www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/bodley\">Bodleian Library<\/a>came to light on a picture Bible, called the Hexastichon Hieron printed in Oxford in 1677 which used German engravings.<\/p>\n<p>I went to investigate, and to my excitement the illustrations turned out to be near identical to many of the engravings in the K\u00fcslins\u2019 Bible!<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the engravings for the Oxford Bible came from Matthaeus Merian, who was the grandfather of the sisters! Comparing the K\u00fcslins\u2019 Bible to Merian\u2019s engravings from the Icones Biblicae at the British Museum, was enlightening.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of my research, I started to think about how I wanted the books and labels to be displayed and show off the books to their best advantage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-765\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-765\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image004.jpg 490w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image004-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designing the mounts for display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>A day with the professional photographer was a good way to see how carefully these valuable objects needed to be treated while taking accurate photos.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing latex gloves became a constant feature!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-766\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-766\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image005.jpg 490w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image005-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ensuring the books are in place for the professional photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Towards the end, getting the labels, captions and web-text finalised became the priorities. A meeting with Eva, the web-developer, threw up some inspirational ideas as to how best to represent the web page; I knew the\u00a0page-turning feature\u00a0would be an additional success!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-767\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-767\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image006.jpg 490w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/image006-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Discussing possibilities for the web text<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The entire project was overseen by Dr. Alexandra Gerstein, who was a source of good advice and support, and special thanks to the team at the Ashmolean Prints Department, Angela Roche at the British Museum, Alan Coates at the Bodleian, Christopher Rowland, Ben Quash and Helen Hills who have all provided enormous encouragement and feedback, Christopher Mendez, John Hindmarch, Richard Valencia, and Joanna Selbourne and Kate Edmondson at The Courtauld Gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curating the the K\u00fcslins\u2019 Bible was an attractive\u00a0prospect for me as I have an academic background in Prints and printmaking and my current PhD is in Theology and the Arts. 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