Chapter Regieren mit Bildern. Funktion und Rezeption der Genueser Annalen im Spiegel ihrer Randzeichnungen

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Engl, Richard cc
Language
German
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Abstract
The Genoese annals are famous as an early and official Italian communal chronicle written by laymen. However, comparatively little research has been done on the drawings accompanying Cafaro’s and Oberto’s annals in the surviving original manuscript BNF ms. Lat. 10136. This article re-dates these drawings, closes gaps in the iconographic interpretation – particularly with regard to animal motifs, ships and floral ornaments – and reconstructs verisimilar functions of the images. These were probably intended to make it easier for the ruling elite to access important historical knowledge, to affirm the communal constitutional model and to emphasise memories that created unity and identity.
URI
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96553
Keywords
Middle Ages; 12th century; Genoa; Caffaro; Oberto; illuminated manuscripts; historiography; commune
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0403-3.19
ISBN
9791221504033, 9791221504033
Publisher
Firenze University Press
Publisher website
https://www.fupress.com/
Publication date and place
Florence, 2024
Series
Reti Medievali E-Book, 47
Classification
General and world history
Pages
29
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/