Agnese

Agnese. Calligrapher.. Saec.XII.

Abbess of Quedlinburg, 1184-1205. A member of the princely House of Meissen.

Famous for her skills as an artist and calligrapher. According to tradition she wrote a "Plenarium and adorned many books with golden letters."--Beschreibung der Quedlinburger Alterthümer, 101. Kettner: Kirchen u. Reformations Historie, &c., 48.


A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists with references to their works, and notices of their patrons.
From the Establishment of Christianity to the Eighteenth Century
Compiled from various sources many hitherto inedited by John W. Bradley
1887-1889

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