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WOODCUTS B Y SCHOK
i. BIBLICAL SUBJECTS.
1. THE LARGE ROSARY. H. 2050. P. iii, 213, 35.
First state.
The three Persons of the Trinity, the Yirgin, ancl six groups of saints
are surrouncled hy the nine orclers of angels, and the circle thus formed is
enclosed by a rosary. At the top two angels hold the suclarium with the
holy face. In the upper corners are the Mass of St. Gregory 1. and the
Stigmatisation of St. Francis r. In the lower corners are groups of the
clergy 1., headecl by the Pope, ancl the laity r., headecl by the Emperor.
The ground between these two groups is covered with grass from which a
few trees are growing. In a lower compartment, divided by a horizontal
line from the rest of the print, five angels are ministering to a multitude
of souls in the flames of purgatory, some of whom are being deliverecl from
torment by the prayers of the church on earth. Schon’s monogram, the E
in outline with a black S twined round it, is on a rock near the 1. lower
corner.
Returning to the group enclosed by the rosary, it will be seen that the
pi’incipal figure is that of Christ on the cross. The first and thircl
Persons of the Trinity are clirectly above the crucifix ; the Yirgin, half-
length, on the crescent, is at the 1. encl of the cross-beam. The groups of
saints are ranged in three tiers on either side of the cross. In the first
tier 1. are prophets ancl patriarchs, among whom David, Moses, and St.
John the Baptist are conspicuous ; to r. are apostles and evangelists, among
whom we recognise SS. Peter, John, James, Paul, ancl the emblems of
SS. Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In the seconcl tier 1. are martyrs,
SS. Christopher, George, Pantaleon, Erasmus, Laurence and one of the
Holy Innocents; to r. are cloctors and confessors, SS. Jerome, Gregory,
Henry, Sebald, Bernarclinus, and others. In the third tier 1. are Yirgins, SS.
Christina, Ursula, Dorothea, Barbara, Margaret, Catherine, and others ;
to r. are widows and other holy women, SS. Anne, Kunigunda, Mary
Magclalen, ancl others.
On the margin at the top is the following insci’iption : “Gegenwurff
Christenlichs gebets des hymelischen Rosenkrantz begnaclet von pabst
Alexadro dem . vj . mit . vij . Jar . Leo de | x . mit. c. Jar. vnd c . quacl-
ragen . Cardinal Pcaymundus vncl Innocentius . cc . tag . Primas
Albertus . c . vncl. xl . tag . Bischoff | vncl weichbischoff zu Bamberg . lxxx .
tag . on ancler gemayn Ablass formlichen bettern verlihen . des langen
hymelischen Ro- | senkrantz gesetzt auft'. 1. Yater vnnser vncl Aue maria .
v . glauben . oder kurtz . x . Yater vnnser vncl Aue maria . j . glauben.”
[406 x 300, cvith margin 433 x 300.] Good impression, but' a little restored in
places -where the paper hacl been damaged by folding.
Watermark, anchor in a circle.
Purchased from Messrs. Graves, 1848.
WOODCUTS B Y SCHOK
i. BIBLICAL SUBJECTS.
1. THE LARGE ROSARY. H. 2050. P. iii, 213, 35.
First state.
The three Persons of the Trinity, the Yirgin, ancl six groups of saints
are surrouncled hy the nine orclers of angels, and the circle thus formed is
enclosed by a rosary. At the top two angels hold the suclarium with the
holy face. In the upper corners are the Mass of St. Gregory 1. and the
Stigmatisation of St. Francis r. In the lower corners are groups of the
clergy 1., headecl by the Pope, ancl the laity r., headecl by the Emperor.
The ground between these two groups is covered with grass from which a
few trees are growing. In a lower compartment, divided by a horizontal
line from the rest of the print, five angels are ministering to a multitude
of souls in the flames of purgatory, some of whom are being deliverecl from
torment by the prayers of the church on earth. Schon’s monogram, the E
in outline with a black S twined round it, is on a rock near the 1. lower
corner.
Returning to the group enclosed by the rosary, it will be seen that the
pi’incipal figure is that of Christ on the cross. The first and thircl
Persons of the Trinity are clirectly above the crucifix ; the Yirgin, half-
length, on the crescent, is at the 1. encl of the cross-beam. The groups of
saints are ranged in three tiers on either side of the cross. In the first
tier 1. are prophets ancl patriarchs, among whom David, Moses, and St.
John the Baptist are conspicuous ; to r. are apostles and evangelists, among
whom we recognise SS. Peter, John, James, Paul, ancl the emblems of
SS. Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In the seconcl tier 1. are martyrs,
SS. Christopher, George, Pantaleon, Erasmus, Laurence and one of the
Holy Innocents; to r. are cloctors and confessors, SS. Jerome, Gregory,
Henry, Sebald, Bernarclinus, and others. In the third tier 1. are Yirgins, SS.
Christina, Ursula, Dorothea, Barbara, Margaret, Catherine, and others ;
to r. are widows and other holy women, SS. Anne, Kunigunda, Mary
Magclalen, ancl others.
On the margin at the top is the following insci’iption : “Gegenwurff
Christenlichs gebets des hymelischen Rosenkrantz begnaclet von pabst
Alexadro dem . vj . mit . vij . Jar . Leo de | x . mit. c. Jar. vnd c . quacl-
ragen . Cardinal Pcaymundus vncl Innocentius . cc . tag . Primas
Albertus . c . vncl. xl . tag . Bischoff | vncl weichbischoff zu Bamberg . lxxx .
tag . on ancler gemayn Ablass formlichen bettern verlihen . des langen
hymelischen Ro- | senkrantz gesetzt auft'. 1. Yater vnnser vncl Aue maria .
v . glauben . oder kurtz . x . Yater vnnser vncl Aue maria . j . glauben.”
[406 x 300, cvith margin 433 x 300.] Good impression, but' a little restored in
places -where the paper hacl been damaged by folding.
Watermark, anchor in a circle.
Purchased from Messrs. Graves, 1848.