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Division A.—Sehool of Nuremberg.—Springinldee.
393
48. ST. OTTILIA. B. 47.
The sainted abbess kneels in prayer, facing three-quarters to r. The soul
of her father, whorn she redeemed from purgatory by her prayers, is seen
issuing from a monstrous pair of jaws surrounded by flames. Characteristie
trees are seen over a wall r. Monogram on a tablet resting on a cornice 1.
[118 x 78.] Good impression, without text.
In the inventory of 1837.
49. BUEIAL OF THE DEAD. B. 50.
A shrouded corpse, not enclosed in a coffin, is being lowered by two
men into the grave. The sexton stands behind them, shovel in hand. In
the foreground r. is a priest engaged in sprinkling the deceased with holy
water. Springinklee’s monogram is on the vessel which contains the
water. In the background are the walls of the cemetery. A large
festoon of leaves and fruit is slung across in front of the arch which forms
the ornamental frame.
[118 x 78.] Good impression, without text.
In the inventory of 1837.
[50-52.]
SHSTGLE WOODCUTS OE THE YEAR 1518.
50. ST. JEROME KNEELING IN HIS CELL. P, iii, 242, 64.
St. Jerome, stripped to the waist, is kneeling before a crucifix which
stands, with a stone beside it, on a table 1. The lion crouches behind the
table, and the cardinal’s hat is on a ledge beyond. The hour-glass, rosary,
brush, bands to hold scissors and papers, and other accessories are
borrowed to a great extent from Diirer’s woodcut of 1511 (B. 114) ancl
engraving of 1514 (B. 60). A curtain drawn back behincl the saint
shows a tower with trees rising above it r.
The composition is enclosed in a frame of Springinklee’s favourite bead
moulding and forms the central compartment of a Benaissance portal
with projecting double columns, richly decorated in the style of the
ornamental frames of the woodcuts in the second Hortulus Animae.
Above the central compartment two angels hold a tablet designed to con-
tain printed text. Two other angels are part-ly visible, reclining behind
them. An ornate round arch terminates the architectural design at the
top. Springinklee’s monogram is on a tablet in the centre at the foot of
the portal.
[252 x 162.] Early and fairly good impression on white paper, before the crack at
the top at a distance of 70 mm. from the 1. side. The r. upper corner of the block ia
broken off, but this defect has been concealed by a restorer. The margin beyond the
border-line is only 2 mm., so that the title which, doubtless, stood at the head of the
page has been cut off. Within the tablet are printed the heading ad lectoeem . r.
chaltbs. (in red) and eight elegiac verses (in black):
“ 1 Cardineo fulgens luxit diademate in orbe.
2 Diuus Hieronymus lector amice diu.
7 Huius sacra tenet liber hic dictamina : mendis :
8 Qui caret & vitijs : hunc lege : postq’ proba.”
There is no text on the back of tlie leaf.
393
48. ST. OTTILIA. B. 47.
The sainted abbess kneels in prayer, facing three-quarters to r. The soul
of her father, whorn she redeemed from purgatory by her prayers, is seen
issuing from a monstrous pair of jaws surrounded by flames. Characteristie
trees are seen over a wall r. Monogram on a tablet resting on a cornice 1.
[118 x 78.] Good impression, without text.
In the inventory of 1837.
49. BUEIAL OF THE DEAD. B. 50.
A shrouded corpse, not enclosed in a coffin, is being lowered by two
men into the grave. The sexton stands behind them, shovel in hand. In
the foreground r. is a priest engaged in sprinkling the deceased with holy
water. Springinklee’s monogram is on the vessel which contains the
water. In the background are the walls of the cemetery. A large
festoon of leaves and fruit is slung across in front of the arch which forms
the ornamental frame.
[118 x 78.] Good impression, without text.
In the inventory of 1837.
[50-52.]
SHSTGLE WOODCUTS OE THE YEAR 1518.
50. ST. JEROME KNEELING IN HIS CELL. P, iii, 242, 64.
St. Jerome, stripped to the waist, is kneeling before a crucifix which
stands, with a stone beside it, on a table 1. The lion crouches behind the
table, and the cardinal’s hat is on a ledge beyond. The hour-glass, rosary,
brush, bands to hold scissors and papers, and other accessories are
borrowed to a great extent from Diirer’s woodcut of 1511 (B. 114) ancl
engraving of 1514 (B. 60). A curtain drawn back behincl the saint
shows a tower with trees rising above it r.
The composition is enclosed in a frame of Springinklee’s favourite bead
moulding and forms the central compartment of a Benaissance portal
with projecting double columns, richly decorated in the style of the
ornamental frames of the woodcuts in the second Hortulus Animae.
Above the central compartment two angels hold a tablet designed to con-
tain printed text. Two other angels are part-ly visible, reclining behind
them. An ornate round arch terminates the architectural design at the
top. Springinklee’s monogram is on a tablet in the centre at the foot of
the portal.
[252 x 162.] Early and fairly good impression on white paper, before the crack at
the top at a distance of 70 mm. from the 1. side. The r. upper corner of the block ia
broken off, but this defect has been concealed by a restorer. The margin beyond the
border-line is only 2 mm., so that the title which, doubtless, stood at the head of the
page has been cut off. Within the tablet are printed the heading ad lectoeem . r.
chaltbs. (in red) and eight elegiac verses (in black):
“ 1 Cardineo fulgens luxit diademate in orbe.
2 Diuus Hieronymus lector amice diu.
7 Huius sacra tenet liber hic dictamina : mendis :
8 Qui caret & vitijs : hunc lege : postq’ proba.”
There is no text on the back of tlie leaf.