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Division D.— Woodcuts from Doolcs.
219
1499-1505. f The Virgin and the Patron Saints of Constance. Schr. 2022. I., II,
(E'eproductions.)
Photographs of a frontispiece used in liturgical books of the diocese of Constance,
printed by Erhard Ratdolt, at Augsburg. It occurs in two states, wliich are placed by
Schr. in the wrong order. Iu the first state St. Pelagius wears a hat. The woodcut iu
this state has the date 1499 printed below it, and Is probably froin the folio edition of
the Constaace Breviary printed in that year (Hain 3830). No perfect copy of this bouk
is knowu. Iu the second state the head of St. Pelagius has been re-drawn, and he is
bare-headed. In this state the cut occurs in the Constance Missal of Oct. 8, 1505. The
photographs were taken from the impressions of the cut in botli states in the Cabinet
of Prints at Stuttgart (see Jalirbuch der k. preuss. Kunstsammlungen, 1900, xxi, 207).
BAMBERG.
D 10.
1481 (1485). Initial T, with Abraham’s Saceifioe, first used in Missale
Benedictinum, Bamberg, Johanu Sensenschmidt, 1481, fol. Hain 11207;
Proctor 782. The text on the back ot' this impression proves that it belongs
to Missale Ratisponense, 1485, fol. Hain 11356; Proctor 3154. Sensenschmidt’s
press was removed, for the purposes of this edition only, to Ratisbon.
Isaac kneels to r. of the T, on a pile of sticks, with both hands raised
before his breasrt, facing 1. His eyes are iixed on Abraham, who stands 1.
in front of the T, and touches Isaac’s head with his 1. hand, while in his
r. hand he brandishes a sword. An angel, half-lengtb, hovering in the
air, arrests the stroke of the sword with his 1. hand, whiie he points with
his r. hand to the ram (or lamb ?) caught in the thicket in the 1. lower
corner of the print. There is a road winding along a hillside behind
Abraham. The latter wears a loose mantle, gathered up and drawn
through a girdle at the waist, over a closely-fitting tunic with long sleeves.
The whole print is in outline, with the exception of very slight hatching
on Abraham’s tunic. There is a double border.
[89 x 95.] Good, but not veryearly impression (border somewhat broken away), on
paper. Colours : madder red, yellow oehre, yellowbh groen, cobalt bluo, ultramarine,
dark brown, touches of cinnabar (for flesb-colour). Tbe large T bas been covered witb
silver foil (turned black and in p.irt flaked off) over an orange coloured ground.
On tbe back are portions of four lines of the Canon in teenseusciimidt’s iarge Cauon
type . . . Itcc ftbct- . . . quoru libt. Tbe tbird line, tlte rubric
mcmorta btuoru is printecl in red.
Taken out of a collection of initial letters, cbiefiy of tbe xvi century, in this Dept.
Tbe cut occurs in some copies only (B. M., Bndl., Bamberg, K. Bibl.) of tbe
Benedictine Missal, 1481, at the beginning of tbe Canon, “ Te igitur,” facing a painted
Crucifixion. In other copies (B. M.) a woodcut Crucifixion was usecl, but tbe space for
tbe T was left blank and fiiled by a painting. Differcnt copies of tbe Ratisbon Missal,
1485, vary in the same way. Tlie copies in thc Bamberg and Munich Libraries bave
the woodcut, while in tbe Oxford copy a space bas been left biank, and filled by a
painted T. These copies vary also in tbe setting up of the type. Wnereas the Bamberg
and Munich copies, like tbe present l'ragment, have “ fal’oru famularuqp” tne Oxford
copy has “famuloru fal’aruqp” Tbe latter, i eing more legible, is probably tbe later
form, resulting from a correction. In tbe Oxford copy the Cauon is on vellurn.
The same woodcut was used in Mi.-sale Spirense, 1437 (Broctor 7b6), and in_ tbe
twrn different editions of Missale Ratisponense, 1492 (Proctor 792-3). In tirese editions,
all at Oxford, tbe Canon is printed on vellum, and tbere are differences in tbe text
printed at tbe back of the T. A copy of tiiis woodeut, m reverse, was used in Missale
Frisingense, 1487. A different composition from the preS'.nt, witb the ram standing on
its bind-iegs, was used in tbe Bamberg Missals of 1490, 1491 and 1499, and in the
Ratisbon Missal of 1500, all printed at Bamberg. Tbe subject occupies xbis poaition iu
many missals ae the cbief Old Testament type of tbe atoning sucritice of Christ.
219
1499-1505. f The Virgin and the Patron Saints of Constance. Schr. 2022. I., II,
(E'eproductions.)
Photographs of a frontispiece used in liturgical books of the diocese of Constance,
printed by Erhard Ratdolt, at Augsburg. It occurs in two states, wliich are placed by
Schr. in the wrong order. Iu the first state St. Pelagius wears a hat. The woodcut iu
this state has the date 1499 printed below it, and Is probably froin the folio edition of
the Constaace Breviary printed in that year (Hain 3830). No perfect copy of this bouk
is knowu. Iu the second state the head of St. Pelagius has been re-drawn, and he is
bare-headed. In this state the cut occurs in the Constance Missal of Oct. 8, 1505. The
photographs were taken from the impressions of the cut in botli states in the Cabinet
of Prints at Stuttgart (see Jalirbuch der k. preuss. Kunstsammlungen, 1900, xxi, 207).
BAMBERG.
D 10.
1481 (1485). Initial T, with Abraham’s Saceifioe, first used in Missale
Benedictinum, Bamberg, Johanu Sensenschmidt, 1481, fol. Hain 11207;
Proctor 782. The text on the back ot' this impression proves that it belongs
to Missale Ratisponense, 1485, fol. Hain 11356; Proctor 3154. Sensenschmidt’s
press was removed, for the purposes of this edition only, to Ratisbon.
Isaac kneels to r. of the T, on a pile of sticks, with both hands raised
before his breasrt, facing 1. His eyes are iixed on Abraham, who stands 1.
in front of the T, and touches Isaac’s head with his 1. hand, while in his
r. hand he brandishes a sword. An angel, half-lengtb, hovering in the
air, arrests the stroke of the sword with his 1. hand, whiie he points with
his r. hand to the ram (or lamb ?) caught in the thicket in the 1. lower
corner of the print. There is a road winding along a hillside behind
Abraham. The latter wears a loose mantle, gathered up and drawn
through a girdle at the waist, over a closely-fitting tunic with long sleeves.
The whole print is in outline, with the exception of very slight hatching
on Abraham’s tunic. There is a double border.
[89 x 95.] Good, but not veryearly impression (border somewhat broken away), on
paper. Colours : madder red, yellow oehre, yellowbh groen, cobalt bluo, ultramarine,
dark brown, touches of cinnabar (for flesb-colour). Tbe large T bas been covered witb
silver foil (turned black and in p.irt flaked off) over an orange coloured ground.
On tbe back are portions of four lines of the Canon in teenseusciimidt’s iarge Cauon
type . . . Itcc ftbct- . . . quoru libt. Tbe tbird line, tlte rubric
mcmorta btuoru is printecl in red.
Taken out of a collection of initial letters, cbiefiy of tbe xvi century, in this Dept.
Tbe cut occurs in some copies only (B. M., Bndl., Bamberg, K. Bibl.) of tbe
Benedictine Missal, 1481, at the beginning of tbe Canon, “ Te igitur,” facing a painted
Crucifixion. In other copies (B. M.) a woodcut Crucifixion was usecl, but tbe space for
tbe T was left blank and fiiled by a painting. Differcnt copies of tbe Ratisbon Missal,
1485, vary in the same way. Tlie copies in thc Bamberg and Munich Libraries bave
the woodcut, while in tbe Oxford copy a space bas been left biank, and filled by a
painted T. These copies vary also in tbe setting up of the type. Wnereas the Bamberg
and Munich copies, like tbe present l'ragment, have “ fal’oru famularuqp” tne Oxford
copy has “famuloru fal’aruqp” Tbe latter, i eing more legible, is probably tbe later
form, resulting from a correction. In tbe Oxford copy the Cauon is on vellurn.
The same woodcut was used in Mi.-sale Spirense, 1437 (Broctor 7b6), and in_ tbe
twrn different editions of Missale Ratisponense, 1492 (Proctor 792-3). In tirese editions,
all at Oxford, tbe Canon is printed on vellum, and tbere are differences in tbe text
printed at tbe back of the T. A copy of tiiis woodeut, m reverse, was used in Missale
Frisingense, 1487. A different composition from the preS'.nt, witb the ram standing on
its bind-iegs, was used in tbe Bamberg Missals of 1490, 1491 and 1499, and in the
Ratisbon Missal of 1500, all printed at Bamberg. Tbe subject occupies xbis poaition iu
many missals ae the cbief Old Testament type of tbe atoning sucritice of Christ.