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＜Introduction＞
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Located in the eastern part of Luxembourg,
Echternach was an important center for the production of manuscripts
since the early middle ages. The monastery of Echternach was etablished in 698 when the missionary St. Willibrord, came over from Ireland. In the scriptorium of the Abbey, competent scribes used quills and reed pens to write and copy a wide range of manuscripts. One of the most precious manuscripts created by the artists-calligraphers of the Scriptorium of Echternach is the Codex Aureus, which was completed during the reign of Emperor Otto in the latter part of the 11th century. Unfortunately, most of the precious manuscripts of Echternach, confiscated during the wars, are now kept in their original form by the National libraries of Germany, Spain, and France. |
This exhibit was shown for 4 months in Tokyo
and Kyoto. See our home page International
Activities. In Japan the MG School provided training to its students
to express the spirit of the tradition of Echternach in their work. This was an occasion for the Abbey Museum to
display their artwork which was produced Tokyo during the course of
several semesters at the School. The best work of 16 students trained in the style of writing and illumination of the 11th century was selected to be exhibited along with the manuscripts of the Abbey of Echternach. |
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＜The Abbey Museum Exhibit
of the artwork ofJapanese calligraphers,
illuminators and heraldic designers＞
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 Exhibit panels near the entrance |
Visitors enjoy discovering the subtilities
of the art of |
 Opposite side of panel |
The Dancing Procession written out on goat
skin with white gold ilumination. |
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On this panel large scale work was on display. |
 Miss M. Takeoka giving explanations to a visitor |
 Animal skin being stretched on a parchment frame |
 Celtic interlaces on a column are appreciated by Miss Yayoi Nishimura, herself an expert in this technique |
 Replica of a scribe's reading desk from the Middle Ages |
Window of miniature paintings of some of the
sights of Echternach |
 The Arms of Echternach by Mrs. Fumiko Hoshino |
Miss Yayoi Nishimura looking at
the manuscript page she reproduced from the original: The beginning
of the St Luke's Gospel from the Echternach Gospels |
Left: color print of the St Luke' Gospel Right: exquisite reproduction of that page
by This Gospel book was brought by St Willibrord to Echternach in the 7th century. |
