The Book of Daniel
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20008178
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Gutenberg Bible II/131v, The Book of Daniel (1,1-18): »Anno tertio regni Ioachim...«
This page describes Daniel's life at court as a prisoner of King Nebuchadnezzar. It's an ode to a puristic lifesytle, with Daniel existing on a diet of vegetables and water. It extols the virtues of inner composure, diligence and abstinence, with the help of which great goals can be more easily achieved.
Our variants
- Standard
Ribbed deckle-edge paper, format 42 x 30 cm
Three-colour press prints produced on historical Gutenberg Museum machines (Original Heidelberg Cylinder) in three different print runs on mechanically-produced, hand-torn, ribbed deckle-edge paper. The outlines of ornamentation are also printed.
- Hand-coloured
Ribbed deckle-edge paper, format 42 x 30 cm, frame format 48 x 36 cm
The standard pages (see above) are coloured by hand by our artists using tempera and gold inks.
- Hand-gilded
Format ca. 45 x 32 cm, frame format 54 x 43 cm
These high-quality prints are produced as a handpress print in three colours on the Korrex Hannover on handmade paper bearing the Gutenberg Museum watermark. Finely embossed gold embellishments are added to the tempera ink colouring using a skill very few artists still master. A base material is applied to the paper layer by layer in an elaborate and time-consuming process to form a platform for the 22-carat gold leaf. This raises the ornaments from the surface of the paper to perfectly display the elegant shimmer of real gold. - Deluxe (Berlin Bible)
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