Louka Gradual
is named after the presumed site of its creation, the former Premonstratensian monastery in Louka near the town of Znojmo. At 61 × 44 × 15 cm this work is one of the largest documents stored in the Olomouc Research Library manuscript collection and its eighteen figural initials, mainly with illustrations of saints, is unique evidence of the development of book painting at the turn of the Late Gothic to the Early Renaissance periods.
Dating: 1499
The codex from the year 1499 represents the masterwork of Egidio Has, who ranked as one of the greatest illuminators of his time. Also noteworthy are the decorative borders, the foliate patterned ornamentation, and figural scenes featuring, for example, a sitting monkey, a fox with a cock in its maw, and a hunter firing at a bird.
Source: Olomouc Research Library
