Dodgson, Campbell: Catalogue of early German and Flemish woodcuts: preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (Band 1): [German and Flemish woodcuts of the XV century] (London, 1903)

Division B.—Dotted Prints.

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same, except in spelling, as occurs on Sclir. 2303, which belongs to a different series of
prints. It is as follows :—

<9 tttt paucr btt | tcr Ircm al Ucttt rttf fercftttj | ItcT) bcrljtctt bttc

gar ijcrttg | Itrij pthtu gcstorbctt att tfcit galgctt tics ijctltgctt rrcttrjs | fatttr mtt
lautc sttrn siprarl)s‘t | batcr ttt trctu Ijcut cttpl)tlrlj | trl) mctttrtt gctH fatitr aWa I
bcrsrijnticstit tra Htcbcr_ijcr | las trctn pttrc martcr fatttr • rrcttrjtgttttcj attmtr
atrmctt | suittrcr uymcr blarctt tucrtrc | butr ttarlj trtscm Icbctt gtb | btts tras
ctotg Icbctt atttctt.'

(3.) Schr. 2324. The Ceucifixion, with the Virgin and St. John.

The Virgin stands to 1. of the cross, wearing a long mantle which
passes over her head. Her hands are clasped, and she looks up at her
son. St. John, who wears an open mantle over a tunic, stands r. with his
face turned away from the cross, raising his 1. hand. Over the cross is a
scroll with f to 1. of the head of Christ and tt t' t to r. The background
is covered with a diaper pattern resembling that described above under
B 3, but larger. The flowers which cover the intersection of the
diagonal lines are punched out with a stamp like a three-fanged tooth,
used four times for the four petals, grouped round a central ring. The
remainder of the design appears to be engraved or cut away.

[102 x 76.] Colours : yellowish green, yellow, madder red. No watermark. Tlie
text on tbe back is as follows ;—

bto ctotcjcs Icbctt tljcsu | rnstc trc trurrlj trcs mcusrp | Ijatl butr tottrcr
prtuguug • | ctucs bcrsrijmcdjtcu pttcru | tatrrs crstcrbcu toallt butr | irar uad)
bau trnt rrcttrjc • | gntttmctt fautr irctuer Itcbe | mucter rm nr Ijctltgc sdjah I
gclcgt toarst butr trtd) tcmc | It'dj mtt grashcm sdjmcrrjffj att sadj CJ Itbcr Ijcr
tclj pttr | trtrl) trurcl) trctuc Itbcu muc | tcr Icttrcu totllcu mtr rjto | gcbru tra^
rtotg Irbru amc.

(4.) Schr. 2474. The Pieta.

The Virgin is seated at the foot of the cross, holding the dead body of
Christ on her lap. St John 1. bends over him, raising his mantle to wipe
the tears from his eyes, while St. Mary Magdalen kneels r. with both
hands raised. A skull and some bones lie in the foreground. The back-
ground is filled with a pattern differing only from that described above,
no. (1), in that the dots representing petals round the centre of the flower
are five instead of six in number.

[103 X 77.] Colours : the same, with the addition of ultramarine blue ; the green
is brighter. No watermark. The text on the back is as follows :—■

CB Itbcr pr jljctot rrtstc cftt | raplct jcyt toaM trvt tu ctu j uctos gntb gclcgt
tocrircn j butr ba trcu fratocn pcdagt | butr gcsidbt toctrcu butr ba | trcu rtttcru
pcljuct tocrtrcu | pen trcm grab <cflsa Itbcr Ijcr | t'ijrsu rrtstc blctdj mtr atneu I
tomttr tras tdj trtrppcgrab t | mctu Ijcrrjcu bntr trctu Ijttrt | tras tdj trtrl) uymc
aus mctu | ijercjen ctcscu ntugc stttt | trcr trtdj alrptt mttrtoS labcu | tu trcr
trtbalttgbaat ameu.

(5.) Schr. 2364. The Entombment.

The tomb, which is decorated on the edge with a punched ornament,
and has a Gothic arcade along the side, lies straight across the print, on a
floor paved in squares, which are divided diagonally into dark and light
triangles. Behind the tomb rises the cross with E =0L E on a scroll
over it. The pattern on the dark background resembles that described
above. no. (1), but the flowers consist of four petals, not mere dots, but