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Publishers’ chronicle and (selected) highlights of the facsimile program |
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| 1974 |
Faksimile Verlag founded in Lucerne The first published work is the ‘Lucerne Chronicle of Diebold Schilling’. The standards set with this edition are still valid today for any Fine Art Facsimile edition we create: complete and absolutely faithful reproduction, irregular leaves trimmed to meet the original appearance, a replica of the original binding as well as a comprehensive academic commentary volume explaining the manuscript. |
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| 1977 | Publication of The Gradual of St. Katharinenthal, a world-renowned highlight of the art of facsimile making. | ||||||
| 1984 | For the decennium, publication of Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry – a work that really cut a dash. | ||||||
| 1988 | Under the patronage of François Mitterrand, publication of Les Petites Heures, another Fine Art Facsimile edition from the world-famous library of the Duke of Berry. | ||||||
| 1989 | Faksimile Verlag Luzern moves to the ‘Maihuesli’, an Art Nouveau Villa built in 1908. The ‘imaginary library’ there attracts collectors of medieval illumination from all over the world. | ||||||
| 1990 | The costly and very elaborate reproduction of the Book of Kells brings an icon of Celtic art and the national treasure of Ireland back to life. | ||||||
| 1992 | Les Très Belles Heures de Notre-Dame complete the series of Duc de Berry titles, again published under the patronage of François Mitterand and Umberto Eco. | ||||||
| 1994 | Publication of The Turin-Milan Hours – including the only extant example of illuminations by Jan van Eyck. | ||||||
| 1998 | First cross-Atlantic venture: the Fine Art Facsimile reproduction of the Crusader’s Bible of Saint-Louis and of the Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux required cooperation with the Pierpont Morgan Library (New York) and the Metropolitan Museum (New York). | ||||||
| 1999 | 25-year anniversary: the laudation for the celebration event was held by Italian writer Umberto Eco. | ||||||
| 2000 | Pope John Paul II is handed a Fine Art Facsimile edition of the Lorsch Gospels. | ||||||
| 2001 | Publication of the Book of Lindisfarne, a masterpiece from the world-famous manuscript department in the British Library. | ||||||
| 2002 | Les Belles Heures, another title from the library of the Duke of Berry, returns home to Europe in the form of a facsimile edition. | ||||||
| 2005 | Reproduction of The Bedford Hours, one of the most frequently cited illuminated manuscripts ever. | ||||||
| 2006 | Faksimile Verlag Luzern becomes part of inmediaONE] GmbH, a company of arvato AG which is part of the Bertelsmann group. | ||||||
| 2007 | The Mainz Gospels form the 50th edition by Faksimile Verlag Luzern. Karl Kardinal Lehmann ensures the patronage for this work. | ||||||
| The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold is the first complete Fine Art Facsimile edition from the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. | |||||||
| 2009 | Faksimile Verlag moves from Lucerne to Munich. In consolidation with wissenmedia GmbH, a company of the arvato daughter inmediaONE, the house continues to set the trends in the field of fine art facsimile publication. | ||||||
| The Romance of Troy by Martinus Opifex, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves, and the cassette “Treasuries of the J. Paul Getty Museum” are further milestones of fine art facsimile publication. | |||||||
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