Translation of "Drollery" in German

The down-to-earth artisans, the whirringly perilous fairies, the emotionally shaken lovers are thus translated into sounds that convey both the burlesque drollery of the comedy and the dark mysteries of this summer night: eerie, funny.

Because here in czech mountains is still bad situation with snow we must look for some better place for our drollery.

Due to its flowing tempo (allegro molto), this piece, with a playing time of little more than two minutes, requires a particularly light touch and dexterity in execu-tion in order to lend expression to its motion, its gaiety, its contrasts and its drollery.

Pillar concerns himself with photographic trash, which often concerns itself, quasi self-referential, with trash—«car involved in an accident,» «trash as sculpture,» «falling towers»—without raising it to the status of drollery.

The illustrations consist of historiated initials, ornamental initials, drolleries and marginal illustrations.

The decorations consist of a great number of faces, drolleries, animals and figures of saints.

The misericords are often decorated with drolleries.

Through drolleries profane and folkish, even socially criticizing aspects are represented in medieval art.

Breviary, rubricated red and blue, with numerous initials on a gold background as well as drolleries at the lower margin.

In several places, drolleries in the shape of faces spread from individual letters, always in the first line (e.g., 45v, 50r).

Each text page of the book is embellished with ornamental borders, drolleries, phantastic decorations and rich calligraphic elements.

The decoration of the initials in this manuscript, which Johannes Heynlin purchased in Paris and bequeathed to the Carthusian monastery of Basel, is rich in drolleries.

Manuscript Summary: Breviary, rubricated red and blue, with numerous initials on a gold background as well as drolleries at the lower margin.

All 2,428 pages of the manuscript are reproduced in the original format of 53 x 36.5 cm, compiled in 9 volumes and totalling 464 miniatures and countless drolleries.

With their texts intended for repeated daily reading or prayer in certain situations, sometimes connected with the granting of indulgence for the eternal salvation of one's soul as well as picture stories and depictions of saints, the amusing drolleries of a "topsy-turvy world" and manifold ornaments, these codices, which, for the most part, were easy to handle, were a safe pledge by their owners for success in daily life.

With their texts intended for repeated daily reading or prayer in certain situations, sometimes connected with the granting of indulgence for the eternal salvation of one’s soul as well as picture stories and depictions of saints, the amusing drolleries of a “topsy-turvy world” and manifold ornaments, these codices, which, for the most part, were easy to handle, were a safe pledge by their owners for success in daily life.

With their texts intended for repeated daily reading or prayer in certain situations, sometimes connected with the granting of indulgence for the eternal salvation of one s soul as well as picture stories and depictions of saints, the amusing drolleries of a topsy-turvy world and manifold ornaments, these codices, which, for the most part, were easy to handle, were a safe pledge by their owners for success in daily life.

With their texts, meant to be read repeatedly each day or for prayers in certain life situations, sometimes tied to indulgences for eternal salvation as well as with picture stories and portrayals of the saints, cheerful drolleries of an upside-down world and diverse ornaments, these, for the most part, conveniently-sized codices were their owners safe guarantee for managing their daily life. Their use held promises of all kinds of aid for the art of living a good life and the art of dying well . Most likely the finest collection in private possession in Germany, it serves as a rich source for the world of images of medieval piety and as a spiritual foundation of private devotion.