Wessner, Otto (1851-1921)
Urbain Bonivard, prior of Saint-Victor in Geneva from 1458 to 1483, produced this missal in 1460. The missal follows the liturgical practices of Cluny; the miniatures are the work of Janin Luysel and Guillaume Coquin. During the Reformation the manuscript disappeared from Geneva and only came to light again in 1912 when the city of Geneva bought it at an auction in Munich.
Online Since: 12/09/2008
- Wessner, Otto (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Wessner, Otto (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Wessner, Otto (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Bonivard, François (Patron) | Bonivard, François (Former possessor) | Wessner, Otto (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Wessner, Otto (Former possessor) Found in: Additional description
- Bonivard, François (Patron) | Bonivard, François (Former possessor) | Wessner, Otto (Former possessor) Found in: Additional description
This is the only know work of monogrammist B.G.; it was created in 1557 for Abbot Peter I. Eichhorn (†1563) of Wettingen Abbey. While most of the many initials are based on woodcuts by Bernard Salomon (Quadrins historiques de la Bible, Lyon 1553), the painter composed the decoration of the margins independently and very charmingly with allusions to the name of the client (Eichhorn = squirrel) who commissioned the work as well as to a motif of geese.
Online Since: 10/10/2019
- Wessner, Otto (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Eichhorn, Peter (Patron) | Wessner, Otto (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description