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Liber de Laudibus Sanctae Crucis. Vollstandige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat des Codex Vindobonensis 652 der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek

FACSIMILE. MAURUS (Hrabanus, Archbishop of Mainz)

  • Publisher: Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1973
Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1973. 2 Vols., folio, facsimiles volume consists of 50 coloured leaves, bound in full morocco decorated in blind, spine faded, commentary volume is by Hurt Holter, 32pp., orig. printed wrappers. The monumental manuscript contains a series of 28 picture poems taken from the first version of the treatise on the Holy Cross presented by Hrabanus as early as 810–14. The book ends with the famous dedication miniature depicting the author below the Cross as symbol of salvation.

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