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Early German and Jb lemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
r. hand, on which is written in vermihon characters, Ego fios capi et lili,
Trees rise in the background, and the sky is painted in ultramarine blue,
A black line encloses the whole, and the very narrow margin is crimson.
On the back are remains of a page of MS. from which the drawing was
taken ; the word ‘ Katharina ’ is legible.
[86 x 54.] Presented (as part of liis collection of woodcuts) by W. Mitcliell, Esq.,
1895. The outlines, where visible, look at first sight like the faint lines of a woodcut
printed by friction in brown ink; but a closer examination reveals the fact that they
are drawn with a pen. The feeling of the little composition is just that of the contem-
porary woodcuts which servcd the same purpose, the decoration of devotional manu-
scripts, and it is most fitly placed among them. An analogous case of a drawing which
has been taken for a woodcut is Schr. 624.
A 31.
THE INFANT CHRIST IN THE MIDST OF FLOWERS.
Sclir. 818; W. u. Z. 220. W. D 24.
The infant Christ, wearing a loose robe -which reaches to his ankles,
sits on a cushion on a grassy bank. His feet are bare. His body is
directed 1., but his face is full. He has a nimbus in the form of a
floriated cross with rays, but no rim. His wavy hair falls to his shoulders,
He lays his r. hand on a twig of a flowering bush which grows beside him,
and holds a detached branch of a similar bush in his 1. hand. On either
side of his head are scrolls with the words ♦ ^TfjfSUS ♦ (1.) and Cl'tStUfi
(r.) Single border, only at the bottom and on both sides as high as the
top of the grass. Hatching is used. The impression, in black ink, was
produced by friction.
[107 x 120.] Good impreseion, perfectly preserved. Colours: crimsou lake,yellow.
verdigris green, brown. No watermnrk.
Purchased at tbe Weigel sale, 1872.
CHRIST AS REDEEMER.
Scbr. 833. See D 1.
A 32.
CHRIST AS AN EXAMPLE OF SILENCE (?).
Sclir. 837. W.—D 25.
Christ stands with liis head bent to 1. and downcast eyes. His long
hair falls on both shoulders; a single lock hangs over his brow. He lias
a short beard. His hands are crossed on his bosom. His feet seern to be
bare, but the paper is cut short just below the ankles. He lias a large
cruciform nimbus with a single rim, and a robe which falls from beneath
the arms in long straight folds to the ankles. A long scroll passes from
the r. shoulder over tlre nimbus to below the 1. arm, passing beyoncl the
single line of the border at the top of the print and at the lower extremity
of the scroll. On it is written in cursive MS., Qui custodit os suu custodit
aia$ sud qr mors & vita i maib9 ligue st. (He that keepeth his mouth
keepeth liis life. Death and life are in the power of the tongue.
Early German and Jb lemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
r. hand, on which is written in vermihon characters, Ego fios capi et lili,
Trees rise in the background, and the sky is painted in ultramarine blue,
A black line encloses the whole, and the very narrow margin is crimson.
On the back are remains of a page of MS. from which the drawing was
taken ; the word ‘ Katharina ’ is legible.
[86 x 54.] Presented (as part of liis collection of woodcuts) by W. Mitcliell, Esq.,
1895. The outlines, where visible, look at first sight like the faint lines of a woodcut
printed by friction in brown ink; but a closer examination reveals the fact that they
are drawn with a pen. The feeling of the little composition is just that of the contem-
porary woodcuts which servcd the same purpose, the decoration of devotional manu-
scripts, and it is most fitly placed among them. An analogous case of a drawing which
has been taken for a woodcut is Schr. 624.
A 31.
THE INFANT CHRIST IN THE MIDST OF FLOWERS.
Sclir. 818; W. u. Z. 220. W. D 24.
The infant Christ, wearing a loose robe -which reaches to his ankles,
sits on a cushion on a grassy bank. His feet are bare. His body is
directed 1., but his face is full. He has a nimbus in the form of a
floriated cross with rays, but no rim. His wavy hair falls to his shoulders,
He lays his r. hand on a twig of a flowering bush which grows beside him,
and holds a detached branch of a similar bush in his 1. hand. On either
side of his head are scrolls with the words ♦ ^TfjfSUS ♦ (1.) and Cl'tStUfi
(r.) Single border, only at the bottom and on both sides as high as the
top of the grass. Hatching is used. The impression, in black ink, was
produced by friction.
[107 x 120.] Good impreseion, perfectly preserved. Colours: crimsou lake,yellow.
verdigris green, brown. No watermnrk.
Purchased at tbe Weigel sale, 1872.
CHRIST AS REDEEMER.
Scbr. 833. See D 1.
A 32.
CHRIST AS AN EXAMPLE OF SILENCE (?).
Sclir. 837. W.—D 25.
Christ stands with liis head bent to 1. and downcast eyes. His long
hair falls on both shoulders; a single lock hangs over his brow. He lias
a short beard. His hands are crossed on his bosom. His feet seern to be
bare, but the paper is cut short just below the ankles. He lias a large
cruciform nimbus with a single rim, and a robe which falls from beneath
the arms in long straight folds to the ankles. A long scroll passes from
the r. shoulder over tlre nimbus to below the 1. arm, passing beyoncl the
single line of the border at the top of the print and at the lower extremity
of the scroll. On it is written in cursive MS., Qui custodit os suu custodit
aia$ sud qr mors & vita i maib9 ligue st. (He that keepeth his mouth
keepeth liis life. Death and life are in the power of the tongue.