It all begins with a book. Not a common book but an original work of art in book form which is unique in the world. An illustrated manuscript as a picture gallery, alongside with painted miniatures and a beautifully written text. Only the facsimile production process enables us to make it accessible to the public. It alone provides the means for walking through an irreplaceable medieval work of art and enjoying at leisure page after page of its luxurious uniqueness. We at Faksimile Verlag Luzern have developed costly and time-consuming technical production processes allowing perfect reproduction - valuable editions as true images of the original.

Production
 

Up-to-date technology
Perfect images of the irreplaceable originals
 

It is a long way from the first proofs to the final fine art facsimile volume. Even the slightest colour deviations in the proofs are eliminated through constant comparison with the original, using complicated, complex printing techniques to achieve a perfect copy of the sumptuous original.

Traditional craftsmanship
 

The reproduced quires are gathered using methods of traditional craftsmanship and stitched by hand. The contents is bound in genuine leather which is previously trimmed on the edges. Both the covers and even the edges are stamped with gold foil, just like the original.

Limited editions
 

To guarantee the exclusiveness of each facsimile edition, every copy of a limited edition is numbered by hand, in time-demanding, meticulous handiwork. As each facsimile constitutes a newly created work of art, medieval masterpieces of book illumination live on in the masterpieces of the art of facsimile reproduction.