Rule Book of Niedermünster (f.65r): Miniature of Caesarius of Arles giving Rule to Nuns
ID: 
 
635
 
Original Country: 
 
Germany
 
Region: 
 
Bavaria (Bayern)
 
Sorting Title: 
 
Rule Book of Niedermünster (f.65r): Miniature of Caesarius of Arles giving Rule to Nuns
 
Subject: 
 

Description: Caesarius of Arles giving the Rule to two nuns. Caesarius is nimbed, wearing bishop’s vestments, and extends an open book inscribed, OMNES VNIANIMIT(ER) ET CONCORDITER ...., to the draped hands of one of two nuns. The inscription along the top reads: SCS CESARIUS COMMENDANS IUS MONACHAB(IS). The scene is against a gold background within a frame decorated with foliate ornamentation.

 
Creation Date: 
 
c. 990
 
Century: 
 
10th
 
Style Genre: 
 
Ottonian
 
Work Type: 
 
dissertation/thesis
 
Measurements: 
 
h. 228mm, w. 167mm
 
Format Medium: 
 

miniature, full-page
painting

 
Original Location: 
 

Regensburg, S. Emmeram

 
Patrons and Others: 
 

Individual Patron: Henry the Wrangler (Henry, Duke of Bavaria)
Corporate Patron: Niedermünster Nunnery

 
Related Work: 
 

Main: Rule Book of Niedermünster, Regensburg
Rule Book of Niedermünster (fol.5v): Benedict of Montecassino, Rule Book of S. Benedict, Rule Book of Niedermünster (f.6r): initial A

 
Provenance: 
 

Germany: Collection, Henry II, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire
Bamberg: Monastery, Michelsberg
Bamberg: Collection, Dentzlin, Dorothea
Bamberg: Monastery, Michelsberg

 
Current Repository: 
 

Bamberg: Library, Staatsbibliothek

 
Repository Number: 
 
Lit.142
 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Die Regensburger buchmalerei des X. und XI. jahrhunderts: studien zur geschichte der deutschen malerei des frühen mittelalters, 48, p.II(6).

 
Image Source: 
 
Index of Christian Art
 
Photo Repo Number: 
 
32 B19 LSs 2,65A 010500
 
Contributor: 
 
Lisa Tom
 
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