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142 EarJy German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part I.
crown of simpler shape ronncl a conical cap. The first of this pair carries
a vase of myrrh, the seconcl an incense boat. The original shape of the
star cannot be seen, as it has been overlaid with gold and drawn round
with the pen.
[83 x 63.]
(5.) The Entry into Jerusalem.
Christ, wearing a fringed cope, bare-headed ancl riding on an ass, with
his r. hancl raised in the act of blessing, ancl holding a palm branch in his
1. hand, advances from the 1., followed by the Apostles, towards the gate
of Jerusalem. Before him a Jew is strewing his garment in the way, or,
rather, on the grass, for there is no road, and another beyond, sitting in
the fork of a tree, holds out a branch towards our Lorcl as he passes.
Among the Apostles the faces only of the two foremost are visible : of
the rest, the nimbi alone appear in a confused crowcl.
[82 x 62.]
(6.) The Last Supper.
Christ is seated, with most of the Apostles grouped closely round him,
on the further side of a round table. St. John leans over the table with
his head on his arms, immediately before him. One Apostle sits apart on
a stool 1. in front of the table, ancl Judas, who has no nimbus, sits on a
similar stool r. Clirist is about to give the sop to Judas, ancl the devil,
in the shape of a thin black reptile, is seen about to enter into him with it.
[82 x 63.]
(7.) Christ Washing the Apostles’ Leet.
Christ stands 1., stooping forward, with a towel girdecl round his
waist ancl arranged as an apron in front of him, ancl washes the r. foot of
St. Peter over a basin placecl on the chequerecl floor. The other Apostles
are groupecl behincl St. Peter to r. The whole figure of the foremost is
visible, while of the rest only the heacl or nimbus can be seen.
[82 x 62.]
(8.) Tiie Agony in the Garden.
Christ kneels in the foreground facing r. with hancls folded in prayer,
and looks up at the chalice, with the host over it, which rests on the
flat top of a hillock with abrupt rocky sides. The three sleeping apostles
are seen 1. at a lower level. The garden, which contains grass, but no
flowers, is surrounded by a wattlecl fence, which is broken down in the
foreground. In the distance 1. beyoncl the fence is another hillock with
rocky sicles, on which two trees are growing. The trees are of exceed-
ingly primitive clesign, for they consist, above the stem, merely of
horizontal lines growing shorter towards the apex, not connected in any
way at the ends. Were it not for the colouring, which gives them an
outline ancl shape, they would look very unfinished.
[83 x 63.]
(9.) The Betrayal of Ciirist.
In the centre Judas is embracing Christ. To r. are two soldiers in
armour with spears. Beyond them, and also in the r. lower corner,
crown of simpler shape ronncl a conical cap. The first of this pair carries
a vase of myrrh, the seconcl an incense boat. The original shape of the
star cannot be seen, as it has been overlaid with gold and drawn round
with the pen.
[83 x 63.]
(5.) The Entry into Jerusalem.
Christ, wearing a fringed cope, bare-headed ancl riding on an ass, with
his r. hancl raised in the act of blessing, ancl holding a palm branch in his
1. hand, advances from the 1., followed by the Apostles, towards the gate
of Jerusalem. Before him a Jew is strewing his garment in the way, or,
rather, on the grass, for there is no road, and another beyond, sitting in
the fork of a tree, holds out a branch towards our Lorcl as he passes.
Among the Apostles the faces only of the two foremost are visible : of
the rest, the nimbi alone appear in a confused crowcl.
[82 x 62.]
(6.) The Last Supper.
Christ is seated, with most of the Apostles grouped closely round him,
on the further side of a round table. St. John leans over the table with
his head on his arms, immediately before him. One Apostle sits apart on
a stool 1. in front of the table, ancl Judas, who has no nimbus, sits on a
similar stool r. Clirist is about to give the sop to Judas, ancl the devil,
in the shape of a thin black reptile, is seen about to enter into him with it.
[82 x 63.]
(7.) Christ Washing the Apostles’ Leet.
Christ stands 1., stooping forward, with a towel girdecl round his
waist ancl arranged as an apron in front of him, ancl washes the r. foot of
St. Peter over a basin placecl on the chequerecl floor. The other Apostles
are groupecl behincl St. Peter to r. The whole figure of the foremost is
visible, while of the rest only the heacl or nimbus can be seen.
[82 x 62.]
(8.) Tiie Agony in the Garden.
Christ kneels in the foreground facing r. with hancls folded in prayer,
and looks up at the chalice, with the host over it, which rests on the
flat top of a hillock with abrupt rocky sides. The three sleeping apostles
are seen 1. at a lower level. The garden, which contains grass, but no
flowers, is surrounded by a wattlecl fence, which is broken down in the
foreground. In the distance 1. beyoncl the fence is another hillock with
rocky sicles, on which two trees are growing. The trees are of exceed-
ingly primitive clesign, for they consist, above the stem, merely of
horizontal lines growing shorter towards the apex, not connected in any
way at the ends. Were it not for the colouring, which gives them an
outline ancl shape, they would look very unfinished.
[83 x 63.]
(9.) The Betrayal of Ciirist.
In the centre Judas is embracing Christ. To r. are two soldiers in
armour with spears. Beyond them, and also in the r. lower corner,