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Division A.—Single Woodcuts.
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Societe d’Emulation pour l’Histoire et les Antiquite's de la Flandre Occidentale, ’
Bruges, tome iv. (1842), p. 129 sq., witli a iitliographic reproduction of the woodcut).
Mr. VV. H. James Weale (“ EarlyPrintingatBruges,” Transactions of tlie Bibliographical
Society, vol. iv., 1S98, p. 207) mentions a number of other -woodcuts which haye been
discovered in tombs at Bruges and in the neighbourhood, in 1868, and again more
recently. One of these tombs, he asserts, was earlier in date than 1412. The tombs
discovered in 1841 could not be dated, but tliey were found three or four feet below a
tomb of 1534.
A 25.
THE TRIXITY (14G4).
Schr. 738 ; W. u. Z. 50. W.—C 1.
God the Father, wearing an ample robe, sits on a triangular throne,
his feet resting on a wide step. His hands support the arms of a Tau
cross on which the Son hangs, with a cruciform nimbus, the crown of
thorns, and a loin-cloth folded closely round his body. The stem of the
cross rests on the ground below the step. The Holy Ghost, in the form
of a doye, flies towarcls the head of Christ. On the grouncl before the
throne kneel the souls of a man and a woman, with clasped hands ancl eyes
bent on the crucified. In each upper corner is a large shielcl bearing a
double cross in white on a black ground, and above the nimbus of the
first person of the Trinity, which is cruciform and has an ornamental
pattern, is the inscription, ajtffttUm ieHttftt SptrttttS, 1-2.6&. The
border is double. There is some hatching.
[231 X 169.] Over-inked and therefore blurred in tbe outlines. Well preserved.
Colours : bright yellow, rich crimson lake, verdigris green, brown, black; borcler,
yellow. No watermark.
Purchased at the Weigel sale, 1872. Repr. W. u. Z. i, p. 90, and W. i, pl. vi. (reduced).
See Schr.’s remarks on the cross of the order of the Holy Spirit, here and at no.
)660. A woodcut [254 : 178], similar in composition to Schr. 1660, but undescribed, is
in the Willshire collection in the Guildhall Library, London. It bears the inscription,
" Signum santi spiritus, Innocen/cius tercius fundator ordinis.”
THE TRIXITY.
Schr. 742. See A 36 (2).
THE TRINITY.
Schr. 749. See A 3 (5).
A 26.
THE SUDARIUM WITH THE HOLY FAC'E.
Schr. 769.
The napkin hangs by its two upper corners on a plain background,
enclosed by a double border. On it is the face of Christ, without a
nimbus, wearing the crown of thorns. The hair falls in long straight
ringlets, ancl the curly beard is divided in the middle. The face is full of
expression, and admirably cut.
[129 x 112.] Well printed on a strong wliite paper, without watermarlc. Margin
[15-22], Colours: crimson lake, liglit brown, green; background, crimson lakc;
border, yellow. In perfect preservation.
Beneath the cut is printed with movable tvpe a German praypr of 13J lines,
addressed to the Holy Face, followed by a remark, in two lines, tliat the days of indul-
gence granted for the use of the prayer are too numerous to be mentioned here. Thc
text as printed by Schr. requires the following emendations: 1. 6, read 3ft.untg£; 1. 7,
grs'elscfjafft; I. 12, lortg; 1. 13, lunbe Jt'bithrr. The type is that used by Conrad
59
Societe d’Emulation pour l’Histoire et les Antiquite's de la Flandre Occidentale, ’
Bruges, tome iv. (1842), p. 129 sq., witli a iitliographic reproduction of the woodcut).
Mr. VV. H. James Weale (“ EarlyPrintingatBruges,” Transactions of tlie Bibliographical
Society, vol. iv., 1S98, p. 207) mentions a number of other -woodcuts which haye been
discovered in tombs at Bruges and in the neighbourhood, in 1868, and again more
recently. One of these tombs, he asserts, was earlier in date than 1412. The tombs
discovered in 1841 could not be dated, but tliey were found three or four feet below a
tomb of 1534.
A 25.
THE TRIXITY (14G4).
Schr. 738 ; W. u. Z. 50. W.—C 1.
God the Father, wearing an ample robe, sits on a triangular throne,
his feet resting on a wide step. His hands support the arms of a Tau
cross on which the Son hangs, with a cruciform nimbus, the crown of
thorns, and a loin-cloth folded closely round his body. The stem of the
cross rests on the ground below the step. The Holy Ghost, in the form
of a doye, flies towarcls the head of Christ. On the grouncl before the
throne kneel the souls of a man and a woman, with clasped hands ancl eyes
bent on the crucified. In each upper corner is a large shielcl bearing a
double cross in white on a black ground, and above the nimbus of the
first person of the Trinity, which is cruciform and has an ornamental
pattern, is the inscription, ajtffttUm ieHttftt SptrttttS, 1-2.6&. The
border is double. There is some hatching.
[231 X 169.] Over-inked and therefore blurred in tbe outlines. Well preserved.
Colours : bright yellow, rich crimson lake, verdigris green, brown, black; borcler,
yellow. No watermark.
Purchased at the Weigel sale, 1872. Repr. W. u. Z. i, p. 90, and W. i, pl. vi. (reduced).
See Schr.’s remarks on the cross of the order of the Holy Spirit, here and at no.
)660. A woodcut [254 : 178], similar in composition to Schr. 1660, but undescribed, is
in the Willshire collection in the Guildhall Library, London. It bears the inscription,
" Signum santi spiritus, Innocen/cius tercius fundator ordinis.”
THE TRIXITY.
Schr. 742. See A 36 (2).
THE TRINITY.
Schr. 749. See A 3 (5).
A 26.
THE SUDARIUM WITH THE HOLY FAC'E.
Schr. 769.
The napkin hangs by its two upper corners on a plain background,
enclosed by a double border. On it is the face of Christ, without a
nimbus, wearing the crown of thorns. The hair falls in long straight
ringlets, ancl the curly beard is divided in the middle. The face is full of
expression, and admirably cut.
[129 x 112.] Well printed on a strong wliite paper, without watermarlc. Margin
[15-22], Colours: crimson lake, liglit brown, green; background, crimson lakc;
border, yellow. In perfect preservation.
Beneath the cut is printed with movable tvpe a German praypr of 13J lines,
addressed to the Holy Face, followed by a remark, in two lines, tliat the days of indul-
gence granted for the use of the prayer are too numerous to be mentioned here. Thc
text as printed by Schr. requires the following emendations: 1. 6, read 3ft.untg£; 1. 7,
grs'elscfjafft; I. 12, lortg; 1. 13, lunbe Jt'bithrr. The type is that used by Conrad