Art Historical Studies on Relic Ostentations and their catalogs

从15世纪末到16世纪初，许多文物书籍《Heiltumsbuecher》和文物印刷品《Reliquienblatt》在德国的许多城市出版。本研究的目的是从艺术史的角度来考察这些书籍。此外，由于这种出版物在日本尚不为人所知，因此将这些书籍翻译成日语也是本研究的重要目的。通过对欧洲一些图书馆，如巴伐利亚国家图书馆、德国国家博物馆纽伦堡和奥地利国家图书馆等的调查，对纽伦堡、班堡、维尔茨堡、维也纳、维滕贝格和哈雷的大部分文物图书进行了详细的调查。还通过出版物研究了特里尔、霍尔和亚琛的其他文物书籍以及安捷奇斯、纽伦堡和奥格斯堡的文物版画。在早期的圣物书中，纽伦堡（1487,1493），维尔茨堡（1493）和班贝格（1493）的插图只是作为一种标志，而维也纳（1502）的圣物书的插图则试图在细节上更真实地表现每个圣物。然后在维滕贝格（1509）的圣物书中，插图不是更忠实地复制圣物，而是克拉纳赫的艺术作品。相比之下，Halle（1521）的遗物书是相当忠实的目录收集的阿尔布雷希特·冯·勃兰登堡。每一本文物书都有不同的功能，这取决于当时的情况，赞助商和艺术家。在下一阶段的研究中，预计将把本研究的结果与日本和东亚的例子进行比较。

From the late 15^<th> century to the beginning of the 16^<th> century many relic books, Heiltumsbuecher, and relic prints, Reliquienblatt, were published in many cities of Germany. The aim of this study is to investigate these books from art historical points of view. Also, because this kind of publication is not yet well-known in Japan, translating these books into Japanese is also a important purpose of this study. Through investigations at some European libraries, as Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg and Oestterreichsche Nationalbilbiothek etc., most of relic books, as of Nuremberg, Bamberg, Wurzburg, Vienna, Wittenberg and Halle, were minutely investigated. Also through publications other relic books from Trier, Hall and Aachen and relic prints of Andechs, Nuremberg and Augsburg are studied. While in the earlier relic books, of Nuremberg (1487, 1493), Wurzburg (1493) and Bamberg (1493) illustrations function merely as a sign, the illustrations of relic book of Vienna (1502) tried to represent each reliquary more realistic in detail. Then in the relic book of Wittenberg (1509) the illustrations are not more faithful reproductions of reliquaries, but Cranach's art works. In contrast to it the relic book of Halle (1521) is rather a faithful catalog of the collection of Albrecht von Brandenburg. Each relic books has each different function depending on the situation, the sponsor and the artist. It is expected to compare the results from this study with Japanese and East-Asian examples in the next stage of the study.