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Division A.—School of Nuremberg.—Schdn.
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28. JOANNES TEUSCHLEIN PRESENTING HIS BOOK TO THE BISHOP
OF WURZBURG. (1517.) H. 2091. P. iii, 191, 203b.
The bishop, Lorenz von Bibra, vested in cope and mitre, sits in the
middle of the print on a throne, looking down to r. at the kneeling
Teuschlein, from whose hands he accepts a copy of his Index to the
Epistles of St. Augustine. A chaplain, holding the pastoral staff, stands
r. behind Teuschlein, while the bishop’s sword-bearer, a layman, stands 1.
A shield with the episcopal coat of arms is placed over the chaplain, the
helm and crest over the sword-bearer. Teuschlein’s arms, three daggers
pointing downwards, are on a small escutcheon leaning against the step
of the throne. In an upper compartment are half-length figures of
St. Kilian, patron of Wiirzburg, the Yirgin and Child, and St. Laurence,
patron of the bishop.
[165 x 146.] At tbe head of the page are the printed title, “Insignia episcopi
Herbi* | polensis : orientalisq’ Francie Ducis | ” and the names of the saints, “ S.
Kylianus . Yirgo Maria . S. Laureti5 ”. Under the woodcut is the rhyme, “ Herbipolis
solaiudicat ense et stola,” andin the same line the name, “Doctor Ioannes Teuschlein.”
This woodcut is printed on the back ot' the title-page of the following work: “ In
diui . A. Augu - | stini : Hypponesis Epi : Yndec.im | parteis olm contentorum Index
cosummatissimus . . . Per eximiu uirum dnm Ioannem | Teuschlein de Fricken-
hausen Sa- | cre Theologie Doctore : et Im * | perialis oppidi Erytbropo | lis
Tuberane Cbcio => | natorem nuper | editus.” F. Peypus, for J. Koberger, Nuremberg,
1517, fol. This was the first work in wliich the border, B. app. 30, was used (see
pp. 353, 415).
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
On the attribution of tliis cut to Schon, see Bepertorium, xx, 206.
29. BORDER WITH ST. PETER AND ST. BARBARA. (1517.)
The composition has already been described (p. 423, no. 3). This impression is on the
title-pago of erasmi stellae | libonothani | interprae* | tamenti | gemma* | rvm
Lt» | bellvs | vni* | cvs. Under the title is the verse, “Sola salus seruire deo, |
Sunt ccetera fraudes.” Poems by Joannes Cornarius Cicneus and Guolfius Ciclopius
Cigneus are printed on the back of the leaf.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
30. THE DEATII OF A CHRISTIAN. (1518.) P. iii, 244, 36.
The clying man lies, with his head to r., on a bed placed under a
richly ornamented arch. A Eranciscan friar helps him to hold a taper
upright in his hands. The soul, just passing from the body in the shape
of a little child, is received by an angel who stands on the further side of
the bed; a second angel, poised in flight, watches the scene. Through
the opening of the arch the Yirgin and Child appear, surrounded by
clouds and cherubim. Two devils stancl at the foot of the bed gesticulat-
ing in impotent rage. Two demons or dragons crouch in the spandrels
at the top. At the foot of the print is a tablet, with an oblong space
cut out, to receive type. Schon’s monogram is on the board at the foot of
the bed.
[119 x 78.] Good imprcssioD, but with tlie surface scraped off part of the baie of
tlie pilaster r. No watermark.
In the inventory of 1837.
A siinilar proof of this rare woodcut, without tcxt, is in tlio Albertina. Tbe subject
corresponds almost exactly to thc concluding(eleventh) subject ofthe Ars Moriendi biock-
books. The composition, however, dift’ers from the traditional one in several respcets,
of which the most notable is the introduction of the Yirgin and Child instead of tlie
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433
28. JOANNES TEUSCHLEIN PRESENTING HIS BOOK TO THE BISHOP
OF WURZBURG. (1517.) H. 2091. P. iii, 191, 203b.
The bishop, Lorenz von Bibra, vested in cope and mitre, sits in the
middle of the print on a throne, looking down to r. at the kneeling
Teuschlein, from whose hands he accepts a copy of his Index to the
Epistles of St. Augustine. A chaplain, holding the pastoral staff, stands
r. behind Teuschlein, while the bishop’s sword-bearer, a layman, stands 1.
A shield with the episcopal coat of arms is placed over the chaplain, the
helm and crest over the sword-bearer. Teuschlein’s arms, three daggers
pointing downwards, are on a small escutcheon leaning against the step
of the throne. In an upper compartment are half-length figures of
St. Kilian, patron of Wiirzburg, the Yirgin and Child, and St. Laurence,
patron of the bishop.
[165 x 146.] At tbe head of the page are the printed title, “Insignia episcopi
Herbi* | polensis : orientalisq’ Francie Ducis | ” and the names of the saints, “ S.
Kylianus . Yirgo Maria . S. Laureti5 ”. Under the woodcut is the rhyme, “ Herbipolis
solaiudicat ense et stola,” andin the same line the name, “Doctor Ioannes Teuschlein.”
This woodcut is printed on the back ot' the title-page of the following work: “ In
diui . A. Augu - | stini : Hypponesis Epi : Yndec.im | parteis olm contentorum Index
cosummatissimus . . . Per eximiu uirum dnm Ioannem | Teuschlein de Fricken-
hausen Sa- | cre Theologie Doctore : et Im * | perialis oppidi Erytbropo | lis
Tuberane Cbcio => | natorem nuper | editus.” F. Peypus, for J. Koberger, Nuremberg,
1517, fol. This was the first work in wliich the border, B. app. 30, was used (see
pp. 353, 415).
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
On the attribution of tliis cut to Schon, see Bepertorium, xx, 206.
29. BORDER WITH ST. PETER AND ST. BARBARA. (1517.)
The composition has already been described (p. 423, no. 3). This impression is on the
title-pago of erasmi stellae | libonothani | interprae* | tamenti | gemma* | rvm
Lt» | bellvs | vni* | cvs. Under the title is the verse, “Sola salus seruire deo, |
Sunt ccetera fraudes.” Poems by Joannes Cornarius Cicneus and Guolfius Ciclopius
Cigneus are printed on the back of the leaf.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Esq., 1895.
30. THE DEATII OF A CHRISTIAN. (1518.) P. iii, 244, 36.
The clying man lies, with his head to r., on a bed placed under a
richly ornamented arch. A Eranciscan friar helps him to hold a taper
upright in his hands. The soul, just passing from the body in the shape
of a little child, is received by an angel who stands on the further side of
the bed; a second angel, poised in flight, watches the scene. Through
the opening of the arch the Yirgin and Child appear, surrounded by
clouds and cherubim. Two devils stancl at the foot of the bed gesticulat-
ing in impotent rage. Two demons or dragons crouch in the spandrels
at the top. At the foot of the print is a tablet, with an oblong space
cut out, to receive type. Schon’s monogram is on the board at the foot of
the bed.
[119 x 78.] Good imprcssioD, but with tlie surface scraped off part of the baie of
tlie pilaster r. No watermark.
In the inventory of 1837.
A siinilar proof of this rare woodcut, without tcxt, is in tlio Albertina. Tbe subject
corresponds almost exactly to thc concluding(eleventh) subject ofthe Ars Moriendi biock-
books. The composition, however, dift’ers from the traditional one in several respcets,
of which the most notable is the introduction of the Yirgin and Child instead of tlie
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