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Division A.—Single Woodcuts.
141
FIEST SEEIES.
(1.) The Annunciation.
The Virgin, with a plain nimbus, kneels 1. at a clesk or lectern, covered
■with a long cloth fringed at either end, on which a book rests, under a
square canopy. Her body is clirected three-quarters to L, but she turns
her head over her left shoulder to look at Gabriel, and raises both her
hands in wonder at his words nbC ttUIVtcl CJVilCt<t, which are inscribed in
black Gothic letters on a white scroll, which winds upwards to the top of
the print, where it touches the inner border. Gabriel kneels with one
knee bent, and extends both hancls towards Mary. His head is bare.
He wears a short mantle or cope, clasped on the breast, over a long robe.
His large wings, which are finely designed, reach to the r. upper corner of
the print. The floor is chequered in squares of biack ancl white (coloured
green). The folds of the Virgin’s clrapery are simple and natural, and
the design is altogether one of the best in the book. There is no shading.
[82 x 63.]
(2.) The Visitation.
The Virgin stancls 1. facing St. Elizabeth, leaning slightly backwards
ancl raising her hands as if in cleprecation, while St. Elizabeth adclresses
her in the traditional manner. The Virgin has a white cloth wound
about her heacl, which passes uncler her chin ancl hangs over her r.
shoulder. Her nimbus, with a single rim, is colourecl vermilion ancl golcl.
That of St. Elizabeth is single (the outer rim is adclecl with the pen) and
has a plain disk, lightly colourecl with cinnabar. She has a veil over her
head and shoulclers, and a long simple mantle and robe, with rudiments of
hatching at the folcls. The backgrouncl is rocky, ancl sprinklecl with a
few tufts of grass.
[83 x 63.]
(3.) The Hativity.
The Virgin kneels r., facing three-quarters L, with hands foldecl before
her bosom. Her heacl is uncovered and surrouncled by a nimbus ; her
long hair falls over her 1. shoulder ancl clown her back. She wears a very
full mantle over a simple robe. The Chilcl lies on his back on a sheet
spread on the open grass. He is naked. His head is surrounded by a
nimbus. St. Josej)h, without a nimbus, kneels behind the Child’s heacl,
and gazes clown on him with hancls folclecl. In the backgrouncl the heacls
of the ox ancl ass appear, under the thatched roof of a shecl which is oj)en
on three sides.
[83 x 63.]
(1.) The Adoration of the Magi.
The Virgin sits L, with the naked Chilcl on her knees, in front of the
opening of a shed with thatchecl roof ancl open sicles. Her hair is loose ancl
falls over her r. shoulder. The child Jesus stretches his hancls towarcls the
gold offered to him by the kneeling king, wrhose crown lies on the ground.
The seconcl king, wearing a crown round a high rouncl cap with a knob at
the top, points with his r. hancl to the star, near the roof of the shecl, ancl
turns his (beardecl) face towarcls his bearclless companion, who wears a
141
FIEST SEEIES.
(1.) The Annunciation.
The Virgin, with a plain nimbus, kneels 1. at a clesk or lectern, covered
■with a long cloth fringed at either end, on which a book rests, under a
square canopy. Her body is clirected three-quarters to L, but she turns
her head over her left shoulder to look at Gabriel, and raises both her
hands in wonder at his words nbC ttUIVtcl CJVilCt<t, which are inscribed in
black Gothic letters on a white scroll, which winds upwards to the top of
the print, where it touches the inner border. Gabriel kneels with one
knee bent, and extends both hancls towards Mary. His head is bare.
He wears a short mantle or cope, clasped on the breast, over a long robe.
His large wings, which are finely designed, reach to the r. upper corner of
the print. The floor is chequered in squares of biack ancl white (coloured
green). The folds of the Virgin’s clrapery are simple and natural, and
the design is altogether one of the best in the book. There is no shading.
[82 x 63.]
(2.) The Visitation.
The Virgin stancls 1. facing St. Elizabeth, leaning slightly backwards
ancl raising her hands as if in cleprecation, while St. Elizabeth adclresses
her in the traditional manner. The Virgin has a white cloth wound
about her heacl, which passes uncler her chin ancl hangs over her r.
shoulder. Her nimbus, with a single rim, is colourecl vermilion ancl golcl.
That of St. Elizabeth is single (the outer rim is adclecl with the pen) and
has a plain disk, lightly colourecl with cinnabar. She has a veil over her
head and shoulclers, and a long simple mantle and robe, with rudiments of
hatching at the folcls. The backgrouncl is rocky, ancl sprinklecl with a
few tufts of grass.
[83 x 63.]
(3.) The Hativity.
The Virgin kneels r., facing three-quarters L, with hands foldecl before
her bosom. Her heacl is uncovered and surrouncled by a nimbus ; her
long hair falls over her 1. shoulder ancl clown her back. She wears a very
full mantle over a simple robe. The Chilcl lies on his back on a sheet
spread on the open grass. He is naked. His head is surrounded by a
nimbus. St. Josej)h, without a nimbus, kneels behind the Child’s heacl,
and gazes clown on him with hancls folclecl. In the backgrouncl the heacls
of the ox ancl ass appear, under the thatched roof of a shecl which is oj)en
on three sides.
[83 x 63.]
(1.) The Adoration of the Magi.
The Virgin sits L, with the naked Chilcl on her knees, in front of the
opening of a shed with thatchecl roof ancl open sicles. Her hair is loose ancl
falls over her r. shoulder. The child Jesus stretches his hancls towarcls the
gold offered to him by the kneeling king, wrhose crown lies on the ground.
The seconcl king, wearing a crown round a high rouncl cap with a knob at
the top, points with his r. hancl to the star, near the roof of the shecl, ancl
turns his (beardecl) face towarcls his bearclless companion, who wears a