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Early German aiul Flemish Woodeuts.—Part I.
place of a nimbus. Both the Virgin ancl St. John have similar rays
within a single nimbus. A stone lies on the grouncl r. near St. John’s
foot. There is no indication of sky. Some cross-hatching is used in
St. John’s drapery.
[143 x 89.] The group described above, enclosed by a single line, is
surrounded by a broacl outer border, cut on the same block, varying in
widtk from 36 to 45 mm., containing the symbols of the Four Evangelists
on a black background in the four corners (at the top, St. John 1. and
St. Matthew r. ; at the bottom, St. Mark 1. ancl St. Luke r.), and four
prayers in xylographic characters adclressed to Jesus Christ, the Virgin
Mary, St. John, and the Holy Cross, viz. :—-
1. Above :
30 Lfjcsum ©fjrtstu Oommttm
nogtrttm m rrttcr pctt-
Octttcnt 0ratto
(£) Ifjcsu (Ffjrtstc ♦ dTttfits cst prcctosa crtt.v
Sts nofns ntfdcrfs prrcatorfims hontts Ott.v
2. On 1. side, in 17 lines :
♦ fttarfc ♦ | 3ttc tnarta | Ooforc plctta 1 Oomtttits | ttt crttcr | tccu t
corOc Entcr ttttt | Itcrcg hc-1 ncttfcta, | lant Otscf | jnilo rclfcta Bcttc
Ofctiis | frttcf jsatt | ctc crttct's| ftlftts tuiig I Otts nostcr 1 Ifjcs5 Cfjrfsf.
3. On r. side, in 17 lines :
l-oannf | Eoattttcs | cttattgcs | Ifsta €ui! matcr Oo^ | nttttf cst |
stth crttcc | conmmsa $fnt | pcr | tc Cfjristo 1 crttrfff.ro conmfssits I
nc pcrttc= | tttam aO | ctcntc ncfjcnttc | afmsstts.
4. Below :
30 (Frttccm Sattcfa ©ratfo
crit.v Ofgtta jSiiper otnnfa Itgtta hcnfgna
Zu ntc constgtta iHortar ttc mortc maltgtta.
Ifjcstt ptarfc I-oattnt.
loattncs (Fttrtf driicrspacfjf oiitulft
[235 X 162.] Sing-lc border, slightly broken away. No colouring. Good
impression, and in almost perfect preservation.
Purchascd from Mr. Tiffin, 1S46.
The design is by an artist of the Bavarian School soon after 1500. The author of
the verses, Johann Kurtz or Curtius, is only known b}r similar compositions on
broadsides.1
1 See below, A 121, 124 (Sclir. 1862, 1893) ; also Wellcr 479, “Biichlin von dem
Yencdiger Ivrieg,” c. 1509, and 549, a broadside reproduced in Hirth, “ Lcs Grands
Illustrateurs,” ii, 628. I have seen anotlier broadside by Hans Kurtz, relating to
Maximilian’s discovory of tlie Holy Coat and other relics at Trier, 1512, with five small
woodcuts representing reliquaries and two columns of German verses, wliich is
prcserved among thc woodcuts in tlie Bamberg library. Schr., who dcscribes tlie
broadside as no. 1938, does not mention the author. On Schr. 1862, Curtius calls
himself “ monacensis poeta,” whicli sliows that he resided at Munich. Budolpli’s
“ Ortslexicon von Deutsehlnnd” mcntions ten small placcs in Bavaria of tlie name of
Ebersbach.
Early German aiul Flemish Woodeuts.—Part I.
place of a nimbus. Both the Virgin ancl St. John have similar rays
within a single nimbus. A stone lies on the grouncl r. near St. John’s
foot. There is no indication of sky. Some cross-hatching is used in
St. John’s drapery.
[143 x 89.] The group described above, enclosed by a single line, is
surrounded by a broacl outer border, cut on the same block, varying in
widtk from 36 to 45 mm., containing the symbols of the Four Evangelists
on a black background in the four corners (at the top, St. John 1. and
St. Matthew r. ; at the bottom, St. Mark 1. ancl St. Luke r.), and four
prayers in xylographic characters adclressed to Jesus Christ, the Virgin
Mary, St. John, and the Holy Cross, viz. :—-
1. Above :
30 Lfjcsum ©fjrtstu Oommttm
nogtrttm m rrttcr pctt-
Octttcnt 0ratto
(£) Ifjcsu (Ffjrtstc ♦ dTttfits cst prcctosa crtt.v
Sts nofns ntfdcrfs prrcatorfims hontts Ott.v
2. On 1. side, in 17 lines :
♦ fttarfc ♦ | 3ttc tnarta | Ooforc plctta 1 Oomtttits | ttt crttcr | tccu t
corOc Entcr ttttt | Itcrcg hc-1 ncttfcta, | lant Otscf | jnilo rclfcta Bcttc
Ofctiis | frttcf jsatt | ctc crttct's| ftlftts tuiig I Otts nostcr 1 Ifjcs5 Cfjrfsf.
3. On r. side, in 17 lines :
l-oannf | Eoattttcs | cttattgcs | Ifsta €ui! matcr Oo^ | nttttf cst |
stth crttcc | conmmsa $fnt | pcr | tc Cfjristo 1 crttrfff.ro conmfssits I
nc pcrttc= | tttam aO | ctcntc ncfjcnttc | afmsstts.
4. Below :
30 (Frttccm Sattcfa ©ratfo
crit.v Ofgtta jSiiper otnnfa Itgtta hcnfgna
Zu ntc constgtta iHortar ttc mortc maltgtta.
Ifjcstt ptarfc I-oattnt.
loattncs (Fttrtf driicrspacfjf oiitulft
[235 X 162.] Sing-lc border, slightly broken away. No colouring. Good
impression, and in almost perfect preservation.
Purchascd from Mr. Tiffin, 1S46.
The design is by an artist of the Bavarian School soon after 1500. The author of
the verses, Johann Kurtz or Curtius, is only known b}r similar compositions on
broadsides.1
1 See below, A 121, 124 (Sclir. 1862, 1893) ; also Wellcr 479, “Biichlin von dem
Yencdiger Ivrieg,” c. 1509, and 549, a broadside reproduced in Hirth, “ Lcs Grands
Illustrateurs,” ii, 628. I have seen anotlier broadside by Hans Kurtz, relating to
Maximilian’s discovory of tlie Holy Coat and other relics at Trier, 1512, with five small
woodcuts representing reliquaries and two columns of German verses, wliich is
prcserved among thc woodcuts in tlie Bamberg library. Schr., who dcscribes tlie
broadside as no. 1938, does not mention the author. On Schr. 1862, Curtius calls
himself “ monacensis poeta,” whicli sliows that he resided at Munich. Budolpli’s
“ Ortslexicon von Deutsehlnnd” mcntions ten small placcs in Bavaria of tlie name of
Ebersbach.