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Ecirly German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
crucifix between two groups of saints. This woodcut was used iii two rare Gerrnan
editions of tlie Hortulus Animae, printed by F. Peypus for J. Koberger 011 8 May,
1518 (Ebert 10292; copies at Bamberg and Copenhagen), and 18 May, 1519 (Weller
1193; copies at Bamberg and Munich).1 It stands at the beginuing of a section on
preparation for deatli, wbich is not included in most editions of that work. In Ebert
10292, where the cut is placed on leaf cxcviii v., the tabiet contains the following lines,
printed in red: “ Wie man sol lerenn ster* | ben, ein gutte lere begriffen | in sechsz
stucklein . Ynd sol.” In Weller 1193, leaf clxxxiiii v., the text (also in red) is tlie
same, but “lerneu” is correct.ly printed. In the 1518 edition the monogram is
indistinct; in the 1519 edition it has become illegible; the defect iu the latter case is
not due merely to tlie piinting, but the letters must have been deliberately effaced on
the bloclr. The other illustrations in both editions are bv Springinklee.
Tiie style of tliis cut agri es closely wiih that of Schou’s cuts in the Hortulus
Animae, and the date of the design cannot be much later. The features of the dying
man may be compared especially with those of the suppliant with his guardian angel
(no. G2 of the list, p. 430), also with those of St. Gregory (no. 36) and St. Luke (no. 41).
This is, after the large Bosary, the best aud most original work of Schon’s early
period. It is reproduced in this volume.
31. JOSHUA. 1524. B. vii, 480, 33.
Joshua, facing three-quarters 1., fully armecl, holding his helmet in his 1.
hand, a battle-axe in his r. hand, sits on a stone uncler an arch flanked by
columns which support a ledge on which two children sit holding the
ends of a wreath with a two-handled vase in the middle. On the grouncl
at the foot of the arch r. is the monogram preceded by the clate 1524.
[261 x 167.] Goocl impression, well preserved, on tbe title-page of “Das Ander
teyl des allten | Testaments mit fleyss verteutscbt. | m.d.xxiiii.” F. Peypus, Nurem-
berg, 1524, fol. (Mutber 1141, and repr. Taf. 211.) On the back of the leaf is printed,
“Das Register iiber die biicber j dises teyls . | j Josua,” etc.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Ibq., 1895.
Tbe figure of Josbua is freely copied from the woodcut by an artist closely
connected witb Cranach on tlre title-page of tlie second part of tbe first edition of
Luther’s O.T., M. Lotter, Wittenberg, 1523, fol. Tbe features characteristic of
Sci.on’s second manner are already strongly developed. Nagler’s statement (Mou. ii,
p. 652, no. 6) that later impressions of tbis woodcut occur in a work by Rivius on
Arckitecture, printed by Pctreius in 1547 and 1558, is, I believe, unfounded.
f DAYID.
Photograph of the second woodcut in “ Der Psalter teutsch zu singen,” F. Peypus,
Nurnberg, 22 May, 1525, 8yo (see p. 424, no. 13), taken from the copy in the Hof- und
Staatsbibliothek, Municb.
32. ST. WENCESLAUS. (1527?)
The patron saint of Bohemia stands facing three-quarters r., fully armed
but wearing an elector’s hat. He carries a banner with a single-headed
eagle in his r. hand and lays his 1. hand on the top of a shielcl with the
same eagle (the arms of Bohemia). The arms of the see of Prague (on a
field sable a fess or) are piaced in the 1. lower corner. Landscape back-
ground with trees and mountains. The composition is framed on three
sides by vine-stems, with leaves in the spandrels at the top. No
signature.
[85 x 66.] Tbe woodcut is coloured. greeu, yellow, aud dull pink, and sur-
lounded by an irregular band of cinnabar. The page is framed iii a decorative
Appendix B. nos. 6 and I L
Ecirly German and Flemish Woodcuts.—Part II.
crucifix between two groups of saints. This woodcut was used iii two rare Gerrnan
editions of tlie Hortulus Animae, printed by F. Peypus for J. Koberger 011 8 May,
1518 (Ebert 10292; copies at Bamberg and Copenhagen), and 18 May, 1519 (Weller
1193; copies at Bamberg and Munich).1 It stands at the beginuing of a section on
preparation for deatli, wbich is not included in most editions of that work. In Ebert
10292, where the cut is placed on leaf cxcviii v., the tabiet contains the following lines,
printed in red: “ Wie man sol lerenn ster* | ben, ein gutte lere begriffen | in sechsz
stucklein . Ynd sol.” In Weller 1193, leaf clxxxiiii v., the text (also in red) is tlie
same, but “lerneu” is correct.ly printed. In the 1518 edition the monogram is
indistinct; in the 1519 edition it has become illegible; the defect iu the latter case is
not due merely to tlie piinting, but the letters must have been deliberately effaced on
the bloclr. The other illustrations in both editions are bv Springinklee.
Tiie style of tliis cut agri es closely wiih that of Schou’s cuts in the Hortulus
Animae, and the date of the design cannot be much later. The features of the dying
man may be compared especially with those of the suppliant with his guardian angel
(no. G2 of the list, p. 430), also with those of St. Gregory (no. 36) and St. Luke (no. 41).
This is, after the large Bosary, the best aud most original work of Schon’s early
period. It is reproduced in this volume.
31. JOSHUA. 1524. B. vii, 480, 33.
Joshua, facing three-quarters 1., fully armecl, holding his helmet in his 1.
hand, a battle-axe in his r. hand, sits on a stone uncler an arch flanked by
columns which support a ledge on which two children sit holding the
ends of a wreath with a two-handled vase in the middle. On the grouncl
at the foot of the arch r. is the monogram preceded by the clate 1524.
[261 x 167.] Goocl impression, well preserved, on tbe title-page of “Das Ander
teyl des allten | Testaments mit fleyss verteutscbt. | m.d.xxiiii.” F. Peypus, Nurem-
berg, 1524, fol. (Mutber 1141, and repr. Taf. 211.) On the back of the leaf is printed,
“Das Register iiber die biicber j dises teyls . | j Josua,” etc.
Presented by W. Mitchell, Ibq., 1895.
Tbe figure of Josbua is freely copied from the woodcut by an artist closely
connected witb Cranach on tlre title-page of tlie second part of tbe first edition of
Luther’s O.T., M. Lotter, Wittenberg, 1523, fol. Tbe features characteristic of
Sci.on’s second manner are already strongly developed. Nagler’s statement (Mou. ii,
p. 652, no. 6) that later impressions of tbis woodcut occur in a work by Rivius on
Arckitecture, printed by Pctreius in 1547 and 1558, is, I believe, unfounded.
f DAYID.
Photograph of the second woodcut in “ Der Psalter teutsch zu singen,” F. Peypus,
Nurnberg, 22 May, 1525, 8yo (see p. 424, no. 13), taken from the copy in the Hof- und
Staatsbibliothek, Municb.
32. ST. WENCESLAUS. (1527?)
The patron saint of Bohemia stands facing three-quarters r., fully armed
but wearing an elector’s hat. He carries a banner with a single-headed
eagle in his r. hand and lays his 1. hand on the top of a shielcl with the
same eagle (the arms of Bohemia). The arms of the see of Prague (on a
field sable a fess or) are piaced in the 1. lower corner. Landscape back-
ground with trees and mountains. The composition is framed on three
sides by vine-stems, with leaves in the spandrels at the top. No
signature.
[85 x 66.] Tbe woodcut is coloured. greeu, yellow, aud dull pink, and sur-
lounded by an irregular band of cinnabar. The page is framed iii a decorative
Appendix B. nos. 6 and I L