M Moleiro – The Art of Perfection - Creating Codices
Beato de Liébana– Luxury edition
I have long admired the work of Spanish publisher M. Moleiro. They are actually more than standard publishers, however. They produce fine Codices, Books of Hours, Illuninated Manuscripts and more using the methods of the past. They use vellum and hand made papers. They use tanning methods from the time of the early book production and make exact reproductions of treasured books currently in Museum and University conservership around the world. Here is a video (in Spanish - they are based in Barcelona) followed by information from the M. Moleiro website - a site well worth the visit...
“M. Moleiro is the most prestigious company in the world specialised in the reproduction of codices, maps and works of art usually made on parchment, vellum, paper, papyrus… between the 8th and 16th centuries in the form, in most instances, of illuminated books. The techniques employed in reproducing the codices, combined with the wisdom and skilled craftsmanship of our trade, enable us to remain very faithful to the original. Bound in leather tanned used the methods of years past and reproduced on special, hand-made paper, our codices reproduce all the nuances of the paintings, parchment, gold and silver leaf etc. A M. Moleiro codex is, therefore, more than a facsimile book, it is an exact replca, a “First, unique and unrepeatable edition”.
The constant search for the most outstanding bibliographic treasures that have survived the passage of time necessarily requires close collaboration with the libraries, museums and archives where they are zealously safeguarded. All our facsimile editions have been carefully selected. They are singular codices not only in terms of the great beauty of their illustrations – a source of uplifting pleasure for the senses – but also due to their historical and artistic importance within the culture of the western world.”
M. Moleiro Editor, S.A.
Travesera de Gracia, 17
E08021 Barcelona - España (Spain)
Telephone +34 93 240 20 91
Telephone 902 113 379
Fax +34 93 201 50 62
USA +1 (305) 831 4986
France +33 (0)9 70 44 40 62
UK +44 (0) 20 7193 4986
http://www.moleiro.com/en/bibliophile-editions.htm *** for special bibliophile editions
http://www.moleiro.com/en/home.htm *** for M Moleiro website
http://docs.moleiro.com/general_catalogue_12.pdf *** for the general catalog