The Stammheim Missal
Department
Medieval Studies
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
The Stammheim Missal is one of the most visually dazzling and theologically ambitious works of German Romanesque art. Containing the text recited by the priest and the chants sung by the choir at mass, the manuscript was produced in Lower Saxony around 1160 at Saint Michael's Abbey at Hildesheim, a celebrated abbey in medieval Germany. This informative volume features color illustrations of all the manuscript's major decorations. The author surveys the manuscript, its illuminations, and the circumstances surrounding its creation, then explores the tradition of the illumination of mass books and the representation of Jewish scriptures in Christian art. Teviotdale then considers the iconography of the manuscript's illuminations, identifies and translates many of its numerous Latin inscriptions, and finally considers the missal and its visually sophisticated and religiously complex miniatures as a whole.
Call number in WMU's library
ND3375.S7 T48 2001
ISBN
089236615X
Publication Date
4-28-2001
Publisher
Getty Museum Publications
City
Los Angeles
Disciplines
Medieval History
Citation for published book
Teviotdale, E., & J. Paul Getty Museum. (2001). The Stammheim missal / Elizabeth C. Teviotdale. (Getty Museum studies on art).
Recommended Citation
Teviotdale, Elizabeth, "The Stammheim Missal" (2001). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 504.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/504