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Early G-erman and Elemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
stands 1. on the crescent, treading a demon under foot. She has a rayed
nimbus with double rim, and a halo of flames surrounds her body. Her
long hair falls down her back. Her mantle is fastened by a brooch at each
shoulder, and falls simply, so that the dress is visible in front. It is drawn
in by a narrow girdle at the waist. She holds the infant Christ, who has
a cruciform nimbus with single rim, on her 1. arm. He sits towards the 1.
but turns his head to look down at St. Dominic, who kneels in the
foreground r., in the habit of his order, with a star on his brow, receiving
with both hands a rosary from the infant Christ. Behind St. Dominic
appear a Pope (Innocent III ?) and Emperor, and four other persons of
whom very little is visible. The whole is surrounded by a double border.
In the upper corners, between the rosary and the border, are conventional
clouds. The drapery is shaded by very close and regular hatching.
[93 X 68.] Colours: carmine, pale yellow, cinnabar, olive green. Perfect preserva-
tion. Margin [3-16] uncoloured. On tlie margin above tbe print are two bexameters in
MS. (tbe first word torn ofi’): —
“ . dextrd misero, et tecu me tolle per undas
Sedibus ut saltem placidis in morte quiesca.'”
On tbe back of tbe leaf is written in red ink : “ De scincto iohdne eudgelista.” Tben
17 lines of text in faded black ink witb rubricated initials, containing a prayer addressed
to St. Jobn, “ 0 speculu v’ginitatis,” etc., followed by a collect “ Beati ioais apli tui,”
etc. Watermark, a fragment, not recoguisable.
Produced about 1500, perbaps at Cologne, wbere Jacob Sprenger, Dominican Prior,
revived tbe Confraternity of tbe Rosary in 1475. Cf. Scbr. 1136.
A 61.
THE HOLY FAMILY IN A GARDEN.
Scbr. 1141. W.—D 61.
The scene is a garden bounded by a brick wall. L. is a tall pavilion
with a conical roof, open hi front and showing a diaper pattern on the
inner side of the hangings. In front of the pavilion the Virgin kneels
with both hands stretched out toward the child Christ, who walks towards
her from the middle of the garden, with his r. arm stretched out, while he
carries in liis 1. hand a basket full of the apples which St. Joseph, farther
back, is shaking down from a tree. Near the pavilion, a little farther
back than the Virgin, stands St. Anne, who looks down at Christ and
holds out her 1. hand towards him. The ground is covered with grass,
liowers, and fallen apples. There is no indication of sky. A Brigittine
nun kneels with folded hands in the r. lower corner. The nimbus of Christ
is cruciform, that of the Vii'gin rayed, that of St. Anne plain; the I'im in
each case is single, and they are ali overiaid with gold. The border is a
single black line.
[107 X 80.] Colours (unskilfully applied): vermiliou, cinnabar, carmine, tliree
sbades of brown, yellow, ligbt green, dark blue, gold. Margin [6-10] plain except a line
of dull red mixed witb a tarnisbed metal, round tlie border. On tbe r. side tbe paper
is cut close to tbis line, and tbe margin is artificial. (Cf. remarks on A 44.)
Purcbased from Messrs. Evans, 1856, togetber witb four otber cuts from tbe same
MS. Schr. 967, 804, 1154, 1213.
Schreiber, in describing tbis cut as tbe Marriage of St. Catberine, bas committed a
series of blunders. Tbe ring, wbicli be says “ St. Catberine ” is about to receive from
Cbrist, is nowbere to be seen. Cbrist is not led by “bis motber,” but walks indepen-
dently. A Brigittine, not “ a Dominican,” nun (c/. remarks on tlie habit and colour
under Sclir. 967, wliere tlie same mistake is made) kneels, not “sits,” in tbe lower
Early G-erman and Elemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
stands 1. on the crescent, treading a demon under foot. She has a rayed
nimbus with double rim, and a halo of flames surrounds her body. Her
long hair falls down her back. Her mantle is fastened by a brooch at each
shoulder, and falls simply, so that the dress is visible in front. It is drawn
in by a narrow girdle at the waist. She holds the infant Christ, who has
a cruciform nimbus with single rim, on her 1. arm. He sits towards the 1.
but turns his head to look down at St. Dominic, who kneels in the
foreground r., in the habit of his order, with a star on his brow, receiving
with both hands a rosary from the infant Christ. Behind St. Dominic
appear a Pope (Innocent III ?) and Emperor, and four other persons of
whom very little is visible. The whole is surrounded by a double border.
In the upper corners, between the rosary and the border, are conventional
clouds. The drapery is shaded by very close and regular hatching.
[93 X 68.] Colours: carmine, pale yellow, cinnabar, olive green. Perfect preserva-
tion. Margin [3-16] uncoloured. On tlie margin above tbe print are two bexameters in
MS. (tbe first word torn ofi’): —
“ . dextrd misero, et tecu me tolle per undas
Sedibus ut saltem placidis in morte quiesca.'”
On tbe back of tbe leaf is written in red ink : “ De scincto iohdne eudgelista.” Tben
17 lines of text in faded black ink witb rubricated initials, containing a prayer addressed
to St. Jobn, “ 0 speculu v’ginitatis,” etc., followed by a collect “ Beati ioais apli tui,”
etc. Watermark, a fragment, not recoguisable.
Produced about 1500, perbaps at Cologne, wbere Jacob Sprenger, Dominican Prior,
revived tbe Confraternity of tbe Rosary in 1475. Cf. Scbr. 1136.
A 61.
THE HOLY FAMILY IN A GARDEN.
Scbr. 1141. W.—D 61.
The scene is a garden bounded by a brick wall. L. is a tall pavilion
with a conical roof, open hi front and showing a diaper pattern on the
inner side of the hangings. In front of the pavilion the Virgin kneels
with both hands stretched out toward the child Christ, who walks towards
her from the middle of the garden, with his r. arm stretched out, while he
carries in liis 1. hand a basket full of the apples which St. Joseph, farther
back, is shaking down from a tree. Near the pavilion, a little farther
back than the Virgin, stands St. Anne, who looks down at Christ and
holds out her 1. hand towards him. The ground is covered with grass,
liowers, and fallen apples. There is no indication of sky. A Brigittine
nun kneels with folded hands in the r. lower corner. The nimbus of Christ
is cruciform, that of the Vii'gin rayed, that of St. Anne plain; the I'im in
each case is single, and they are ali overiaid with gold. The border is a
single black line.
[107 X 80.] Colours (unskilfully applied): vermiliou, cinnabar, carmine, tliree
sbades of brown, yellow, ligbt green, dark blue, gold. Margin [6-10] plain except a line
of dull red mixed witb a tarnisbed metal, round tlie border. On tbe r. side tbe paper
is cut close to tbis line, and tbe margin is artificial. (Cf. remarks on A 44.)
Purcbased from Messrs. Evans, 1856, togetber witb four otber cuts from tbe same
MS. Schr. 967, 804, 1154, 1213.
Schreiber, in describing tbis cut as tbe Marriage of St. Catberine, bas committed a
series of blunders. Tbe ring, wbicli be says “ St. Catberine ” is about to receive from
Cbrist, is nowbere to be seen. Cbrist is not led by “bis motber,” but walks indepen-
dently. A Brigittine, not “ a Dominican,” nun (c/. remarks on tlie habit and colour
under Sclir. 967, wliere tlie same mistake is made) kneels, not “sits,” in tbe lower