Wiener Genesis

Japanese: ウィーン創世記 - ウィーンそうせいき(英語表記)Wiener Genesis
Wiener Genesis
A manuscript of the Book of Genesis (→illuminated manuscript) in the Vienna State Library (later the Austrian National Library). Originally it is believed to have contained hundreds of illustrations, but only 26 sheets remain. On purple parchment, the text is written in Greek with gold and silver paint, and the lower half of each of the 48 pages contains miniature depictions of scenes from the Book of Genesis, from Adam and Eve's original sin to the death and burial of Jacob. The manuscript was likely produced in Constantinople, Asia Minor, or Antioch. The depictions of landscapes and stories in the style of late antiquity, with the addition of non-Christian anthropomorphic figures, tend more towards Hellenistic genre painting than Christian spiritualism. It is believed to have been produced around the 6th century. It is of great art historical importance as a work that marks the transition from ancient to early Byzantine art.

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Japanese:
ウィーン国立図書館 (のちのオーストリア国立図書館) 所蔵の創世記写本 (→装飾写本 ) 。元来は数百の挿絵を含んでいたと推定されるが,現状では,26葉が残存している。紫の羊皮紙上に,文字は金銀泥のギリシア語で書写し,48ページにわたり各ページ下半部には,アダムとイブの原罪場面からヤコブの死と埋葬にいたる『創世記』中の諸場面が,ミニアチュールの手法で描写されている。制作地として,コンスタンチノープル,小アジア,アンチオキアなどが考えられる。非キリスト教的な擬人像などを描き加える古代末期風の風景や物語の描写は,キリスト教的な精神主義よりもむしろヘレニズム的な風俗画的傾向が強い。制作年代は6世紀頃と推定されている。古代から初期ビザンチン美術への移行を示す作品として,美術史的に重要な意義をもつ。

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