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Earlij German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
a Latin title in 18 lines, but otberwise the same German text as appears on the complete
edition of the Arch. The text, however, is not xylographic, but printed with type ; the
orthograpby varies in the two editions; t.he scrolls which contain the text resemble
those used for the complete Arch, but are cut on dififerent and smaller blocks; the
framework, imitating branches of trees roughly hewn, in which the cuts are set, is also
from dififerent blocks; a cornice of many mouldings, one of which consists of alternate
round and oval beads, runs along the bottom of each row. 0 has the Latin translation
by Chelidonius, instead of the original German text of Stabius. A and C contain
21 subjects; B has 20, with a twenty-first taken from the Weisskunig (no. 213, ed.
1775); the first, ninth, and twenty-fourth of the subjects represented on tbe complete
Arch are wanting in all three. The eleventh and twentieth subjects are not from the
same blocks as those used for the complete Arch. D has all 24 subjects, with xylo-
graphic German text, and agrees in all respects with the third edition of the Arch,
published at Yienna by B. Hofhalter in 1559. The subjects were issued on separate
sheets, with a margin, and were numbered, from the fifth onwards; including the
German title and a blank sheet, thereare twenty-six sheets in all.
AU tbe editions are rare. Glax found A in the Hauslab (now Liechtenstein) collec-
tion at Vienna, B in the Albertina, C in the Klugkist collection at Bremen (now in the
Kunstballe), D in the Hofbibliothek, Vienna, and in tlie Klugkist collection. Yfeigel
describes another set of A (lvunstcat. 5612) and of D (ibid. 12861).
130a. THE BETKOTHAL OF PHILIP AND JOANNA.
Single subject from a German eclition. (Glax B.)
Maximilian stands 1. with the imperial shield at his feet; the Arch-
duke Philip, in the middle, with the ai’ms of Austria and Burgundy on a
shield at his feet, receives from Joanna of Castile a shield with the arms
of Castile, Leon, Aragon, Sicily, and Granada. The scene is a vaulted hall,
with a cui'tain suspended across it from a rod at the height of the actors’
heads; an ojoen arch is seen at the back.
On a label over the woodcut is the type-printed text in six lines,
beginning, “ Die saclien er gantz wol betracht.” As compared with the
xylographic text on the complete Arch, the following variations occur :
zwegen (for tz), kcmiges (for un), bekant (for nn), JTispania (for 1i), zuha?H
(for nii), weisz (for ys), konigreich (for u). The cornice below and a strip
of the border at each side are preserved.
[244 X 161; the subject alone, 173 X145.] Indistinctly printed. The crack wliich
begins in the 1. lower corner can be traced across the shield and tlie Emperor’s clothing,
but no farther (on this crack, see Glax, p. 266). Tlie paper has some brown stains.
In the inventory of 1837.
This is the fifteenth subject of the complete series. Kepr. Hirtb, no. 592. The Arch-
duke Philip and tlie Infanta were betrotliedin 1495 andmarriedat Lille on 21 October,
1496; by the successive deatlis of her brother John, Prince of tbe Asturias, in 1497, her
elder sister, the Queen of Portugal, in 1498, and Don Miguel, son of the latter, in 1499,
Joanna became heiress of Castile and Aragon, and the succession to the Spanish
monarchy was secured to the house of Habsburg.
The woodcut is one of those designed by Diirer himself. An inferior woodcut of the
same composition, by Springinklee, where the scene is a closed room, is reproduced by
Chmelarz (p. 316) from tbe only known impression, in tbe Liechtenstein collection.
130b (1-22). THE COMPLETE LATIN EDITION. (Glax C.)
(1.) The TlTLE.
The text is given by Glax, p. 269. Ib occupies 26 lines, of which the
lii’st five ai’e in larger type than the rest. A fragment of the border
remains at top and 1.
[222 x 155.] The paper is stained browtt,
Earlij German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
a Latin title in 18 lines, but otberwise the same German text as appears on the complete
edition of the Arch. The text, however, is not xylographic, but printed with type ; the
orthograpby varies in the two editions; t.he scrolls which contain the text resemble
those used for the complete Arch, but are cut on dififerent and smaller blocks; the
framework, imitating branches of trees roughly hewn, in which the cuts are set, is also
from dififerent blocks; a cornice of many mouldings, one of which consists of alternate
round and oval beads, runs along the bottom of each row. 0 has the Latin translation
by Chelidonius, instead of the original German text of Stabius. A and C contain
21 subjects; B has 20, with a twenty-first taken from the Weisskunig (no. 213, ed.
1775); the first, ninth, and twenty-fourth of the subjects represented on tbe complete
Arch are wanting in all three. The eleventh and twentieth subjects are not from the
same blocks as those used for the complete Arch. D has all 24 subjects, with xylo-
graphic German text, and agrees in all respects with the third edition of the Arch,
published at Yienna by B. Hofhalter in 1559. The subjects were issued on separate
sheets, with a margin, and were numbered, from the fifth onwards; including the
German title and a blank sheet, thereare twenty-six sheets in all.
AU tbe editions are rare. Glax found A in the Hauslab (now Liechtenstein) collec-
tion at Vienna, B in the Albertina, C in the Klugkist collection at Bremen (now in the
Kunstballe), D in the Hofbibliothek, Vienna, and in tlie Klugkist collection. Yfeigel
describes another set of A (lvunstcat. 5612) and of D (ibid. 12861).
130a. THE BETKOTHAL OF PHILIP AND JOANNA.
Single subject from a German eclition. (Glax B.)
Maximilian stands 1. with the imperial shield at his feet; the Arch-
duke Philip, in the middle, with the ai’ms of Austria and Burgundy on a
shield at his feet, receives from Joanna of Castile a shield with the arms
of Castile, Leon, Aragon, Sicily, and Granada. The scene is a vaulted hall,
with a cui'tain suspended across it from a rod at the height of the actors’
heads; an ojoen arch is seen at the back.
On a label over the woodcut is the type-printed text in six lines,
beginning, “ Die saclien er gantz wol betracht.” As compared with the
xylographic text on the complete Arch, the following variations occur :
zwegen (for tz), kcmiges (for un), bekant (for nn), JTispania (for 1i), zuha?H
(for nii), weisz (for ys), konigreich (for u). The cornice below and a strip
of the border at each side are preserved.
[244 X 161; the subject alone, 173 X145.] Indistinctly printed. The crack wliich
begins in the 1. lower corner can be traced across the shield and tlie Emperor’s clothing,
but no farther (on this crack, see Glax, p. 266). Tlie paper has some brown stains.
In the inventory of 1837.
This is the fifteenth subject of the complete series. Kepr. Hirtb, no. 592. The Arch-
duke Philip and tlie Infanta were betrotliedin 1495 andmarriedat Lille on 21 October,
1496; by the successive deatlis of her brother John, Prince of tbe Asturias, in 1497, her
elder sister, the Queen of Portugal, in 1498, and Don Miguel, son of the latter, in 1499,
Joanna became heiress of Castile and Aragon, and the succession to the Spanish
monarchy was secured to the house of Habsburg.
The woodcut is one of those designed by Diirer himself. An inferior woodcut of the
same composition, by Springinklee, where the scene is a closed room, is reproduced by
Chmelarz (p. 316) from tbe only known impression, in tbe Liechtenstein collection.
130b (1-22). THE COMPLETE LATIN EDITION. (Glax C.)
(1.) The TlTLE.
The text is given by Glax, p. 269. Ib occupies 26 lines, of which the
lii’st five ai’e in larger type than the rest. A fragment of the border
remains at top and 1.
[222 x 155.] The paper is stained browtt,