Book of hours of Christoph I, Margrave of Baden, Limited Edition Facsimile. Published 1978 by C. Müller, Karlsruhe, in a Limited Edition of 900 (this copy number 236). Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Codex Durlach I in the Badische Landesbibliothek, Karlsruhe: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format. 2 volumes, facsimile volume: Leather binding, 107 leaves (214 pages) printed in colours and gold, in 900 numbered copies, gilt artificial leather. Stamm (in German); XII, 295, (1)pages, gilt cloth. Together in original cloth slipcase. (slipcase size 12 x 16.5 x 5.5 cm). The oldest evidence of margravial book ownership, which is now in the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe: the precious book of hours of Margrave Christoph I of Baden. Created in Paris around 1488, the manuscript presents itself as a work of art of the highest quality and impressive splendor. The typical components of such a private devotional book are adorned here with precious book illumination. The important client himself is immortalized in two wonderful miniatures – outstanding evidence of the creative pictorial inventions. A real gem of 15th century French illumination and an exciting testimony to Baden’s regional history! The miniature pages are extremely colorful and well thought-out : a large main miniature is each surrounded by a wide decorative frame, which is filled with ornament, flowers and fruits, animals and banners and other decorative elements. Some pages of text are also surrounded by such wonderful frames and also include a small, wonderfully composed illustration in the text. For example with the lives of saints, where the saints are presented in small, square miniatures.
