Hedwig Codex
| Hedwig Codex | |
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Saint Hedwig of Silesia with Duke Ludwig of Legnica and Brieg and Duchess Agnés | |
| Also known as | Vita beatae Hedwigis |
| Type | illuminated manuscript |
| Date | 1353 |
| Place of origin | Silesia |
| Language(s) | Latin |
| Illuminated by | Court workshop of Duke Ludwig I of Liegnitz and Brieg |
| Patron | Louis I of Brzeg and Agnes of Głogów-Żagań |
| Material | Tempera colors, colored washes, and ink on parchment bound between wood boards covered with red-stained pigskin |
| Size | 13 7/16 x 9 3/4 in. |
| Previously kept | Shrine of St Hedwig |
The Hedwig Codex is a medieval illuminated manuscript of the Life of Hedwig of Silesia, produced in the court workshop of Ludwig I of Liegnitz and Brieg in 1353. It is now kept by the Getty Research Institute as Ms. Ludwig XI 7.
A facsimile edition of the manuscript was published in Berlin in 1972 as Der Hedwigs-Codex von 1353, edited by Wolfgang Braunfels.
Bibliography
- Wolfgang Braunfels, ed., Der Hedwigs-Codex von 1353: Sammlung Ludwig, 2 volumes (Berlin, 1972).
- Jacqueline E. Jung, "The Tactile and the Visionary", available at yale.edu.
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