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Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
This cut of St. Jerome was used on the title-page of two editions of St. Jerome’s
Epistles printed by J. Sacon at Lyons, 20 August and 26 Ociober, 1518.
In the first of these (not described by Panzer ; a copy at Munich), the words “ Epistole
sancti Hierouymi ” are priuted over the cut. In the tablet, the heading (in red) has
calybs, not chalybs. Tiie verses are in black, as here. The crack alluded to above is
already visible.
A facsimile of the title-page of the second of these editions (Panzer vii, 320, no. 370)
is given by Muther (ii, 208), though he does not describe the book in the text. The
heading (black, of course, iu the reproduction) again has calybs, and the colon after
“mendis” is omitted. The crack is not visible, but this defect may have been made
good in the reproduction.
The present impression, which has chalybs, belongs to neither of these editions,
but to some third one, of which I find no record.
50a. ST. JEROME KNEELING IN IIIS CELL. P. 61.
Another impression.
The crack at the top extends across the arch to the upper edge of the
tablet. On the margin at the head of the woodcut is the title (prhited in
red, “ Biblia cum concordantijs veteris et noui testameti et | sacroru
canonu,” etc. (4 11.). In the tablet are ten Latin hexameters, beginning;
“ Biblia q’ latijs toto redimita elementis
Orbe micet : grec5 stupet hinc,” etc.
Latin text (black) on back of leaf. Yellowisk paper.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895. The name of a former owner, Ioannes
Henricus Otto, is stamped blind at the foot of the woodcut.
After serving to illustrate the two editions of St. Jerome’s Epistles described above,
the block was used for the following Bibles printed at Lyons and Nuremberg for the
Louse of Koberger ;—
a. Latin—-19 Oct. 1519; J. Sacon, Lyons (Panzer vii, p. 322, no. 393).
b. Latin—19 Aug. 1520; J. Marion, Lyons (Panzer vii, p. 328, no. 433).
c. Latin—12 Dec. 1520; J. Marion, Lyons (Panzer vii, p. 328, no. 434).
cl. Latin—Aug. 1523; F. Peypus, Nuremberg (Panzer vii, 464, no. 174).
e. German (O.T. pt. 1)—1524; F. Peypus, Nuremberg (Panzer ii, 240, no. 211).
/. Bohemian—1540; L. Milchthaler, for Melchior Koberger, Nuremberg (R. K.
Ungar, “ Allgern. Bdhm. Bibl.” 1786, Hierographie, p. 27). With Bohemian text in the
tablet: “ Ziadosti welike'byl . . . A takto gey pocina.”
No. 50a is from t.he third of these editions (Muther 1136).
This woodeut of St. Jerome does not occur in the following Bibles printed for the
Kobergers during the same period:—
Latin—10 May, 1518 ; J. Sacon, Lyons (Panzer vii, p. 320, no. 366).
„ 24 July, 1521 „ „ „ vii, p. 330, no. 447).
„ 17 Nov. 1522 „ „ „ vii, p. 332, no. 461).
51. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH ST. ANNE. 1518.
Heller (Diirer) 1990.
St. Anne sits on a bank covered with grass and flowers, with a front
of boards. She is turning over the pages of a book with her r. hand ;
her 1. hand, hidden under her cloak, rests on the 1. shoulder of the
Virgin, who sits on the ground at her mother’s feet, holding the Child
with both hands. St. Anne wears a hood ; the Virgin is bareheaded,
but her hair is surrounded by a string of pearls. There are stones and
plants in the foreground and glimpses of landscape with distant hills
beyond either end of the bench. There is a walled village r. at the foot
of the hills. The date 1518 is on the board 1. of St. Anne. No signa-
ture. Single border.
Early German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
This cut of St. Jerome was used on the title-page of two editions of St. Jerome’s
Epistles printed by J. Sacon at Lyons, 20 August and 26 Ociober, 1518.
In the first of these (not described by Panzer ; a copy at Munich), the words “ Epistole
sancti Hierouymi ” are priuted over the cut. In the tablet, the heading (in red) has
calybs, not chalybs. Tiie verses are in black, as here. The crack alluded to above is
already visible.
A facsimile of the title-page of the second of these editions (Panzer vii, 320, no. 370)
is given by Muther (ii, 208), though he does not describe the book in the text. The
heading (black, of course, iu the reproduction) again has calybs, and the colon after
“mendis” is omitted. The crack is not visible, but this defect may have been made
good in the reproduction.
The present impression, which has chalybs, belongs to neither of these editions,
but to some third one, of which I find no record.
50a. ST. JEROME KNEELING IN IIIS CELL. P. 61.
Another impression.
The crack at the top extends across the arch to the upper edge of the
tablet. On the margin at the head of the woodcut is the title (prhited in
red, “ Biblia cum concordantijs veteris et noui testameti et | sacroru
canonu,” etc. (4 11.). In the tablet are ten Latin hexameters, beginning;
“ Biblia q’ latijs toto redimita elementis
Orbe micet : grec5 stupet hinc,” etc.
Latin text (black) on back of leaf. Yellowisk paper.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895. The name of a former owner, Ioannes
Henricus Otto, is stamped blind at the foot of the woodcut.
After serving to illustrate the two editions of St. Jerome’s Epistles described above,
the block was used for the following Bibles printed at Lyons and Nuremberg for the
Louse of Koberger ;—
a. Latin—-19 Oct. 1519; J. Sacon, Lyons (Panzer vii, p. 322, no. 393).
b. Latin—19 Aug. 1520; J. Marion, Lyons (Panzer vii, p. 328, no. 433).
c. Latin—12 Dec. 1520; J. Marion, Lyons (Panzer vii, p. 328, no. 434).
cl. Latin—Aug. 1523; F. Peypus, Nuremberg (Panzer vii, 464, no. 174).
e. German (O.T. pt. 1)—1524; F. Peypus, Nuremberg (Panzer ii, 240, no. 211).
/. Bohemian—1540; L. Milchthaler, for Melchior Koberger, Nuremberg (R. K.
Ungar, “ Allgern. Bdhm. Bibl.” 1786, Hierographie, p. 27). With Bohemian text in the
tablet: “ Ziadosti welike'byl . . . A takto gey pocina.”
No. 50a is from t.he third of these editions (Muther 1136).
This woodeut of St. Jerome does not occur in the following Bibles printed for the
Kobergers during the same period:—
Latin—10 May, 1518 ; J. Sacon, Lyons (Panzer vii, p. 320, no. 366).
„ 24 July, 1521 „ „ „ vii, p. 330, no. 447).
„ 17 Nov. 1522 „ „ „ vii, p. 332, no. 461).
51. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH ST. ANNE. 1518.
Heller (Diirer) 1990.
St. Anne sits on a bank covered with grass and flowers, with a front
of boards. She is turning over the pages of a book with her r. hand ;
her 1. hand, hidden under her cloak, rests on the 1. shoulder of the
Virgin, who sits on the ground at her mother’s feet, holding the Child
with both hands. St. Anne wears a hood ; the Virgin is bareheaded,
but her hair is surrounded by a string of pearls. There are stones and
plants in the foreground and glimpses of landscape with distant hills
beyond either end of the bench. There is a walled village r. at the foot
of the hills. The date 1518 is on the board 1. of St. Anne. No signa-
ture. Single border.