The abbots are portrayed in busts drawn with a pen and coloured. Eight different painters have been identified, whose simple style is reminiscent of printed woodcuts.
(fol. 54v, detail)
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Title: Andreas Lang: Chronicle of the abbots of Michelsberg and bishops of Bamberg
Date Created: 1494 and later
Physical Location: Bamberg
Physical Dimensions: 35,5 x 37,7 cm
Provenance: Bamberg, Benedictine monastery of Michelsberg
Medium: parchment
Volume: 84 fols.
Shelf mark: RB.Msc.49
Photographer: Gerald Raab
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