La Bibbia di Borso d’Este – 2 Vol. Facsimile Limited Handbound Edition
 
Mona Lisa of Illuminated Manuscripts The Original Manuscript 
 
The Bible of Borso d’Este stands among the most magnificent illuminated manuscripts of the Italian Renaissance and represents one of the most ambitious projects of courtly book production in fifteenth-century Europe. Commissioned by Borso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, and executed between 1455 and 1461, the manuscript embodies the cultural, political, and artistic aspirations of the Este court at their zenith.
This facsimile edition offers a faithful and authoritative reproduction of the original two-volume Bible preserved at the Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena, allowing close study of a work that is otherwise inaccessible to all but a few specialists.
 
The Original Manuscript
The original Bibbia di Borso d’Este was illuminated by the leading artists of the Ferrarese school, most notably Taddeo Crivelli and Franco dei Russi, whose work combines late Gothic splendor with the emerging clarity and balance of Renaissance humanism. Every page is framed by elaborate architectural borders, mythological figures, vegetal ornament, and heraldic imagery, executed with extraordinary precision and chromatic richness.
The manuscript’s scale is monumental, conceived not for private devotion but as a statement of dynastic power, erudition, and artistic supremacy. Its careful humanistic script, harmonious page layout, and lavish illumination place it among the supreme achievements of Renaissance book art.
 
The Facsimile Edition
This facsimile has been produced by a masterbookwebinder and using state-of-the-art photographic and printing techniques, with particular attention to:
Accurate colour fidelity
Bound in luxurious burgundy velvet
Preservation of the visual rhythm and proportions of the original pages
Respect for the tactile and material presence of the manuscript
The result is a reproduction that conveys not only the imagery but also the aesthetic and intellectual character of the original codex, suitable for scholarly consultation and refined display.
 
 
Physical and Scholarly Characteristics
Two-volume facsimile reflecting the original division of Old and New Testaments
Large-format approximately size: 36cm x27cm (14.17" × 10.63")
Latin text
High-quality materials intended for long-term preservation
Produced for collectors, libraries, and cultural institutions
 
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