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Letter XXIV. NETHERLANDISH MSS.
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draperies have stiff, paper-like breaks, and the architectural acces-
sories are throughout Romanesque. 1. Christ in the act of bless-
ing, standing with the globe, in a building. 2. The Transfigura-
tion—the Almighty above with the triple papal crown, blessing
the Son. 3. John the Baptist in the desert. Here the space is
dark green, the sky dark blue. 4. The Death of Thomas a Becket
5. The fight of St. George and the Dragon, with the Princess in
the pointed sugarloaf-shaped cap. 6. St. Christopher with the
Child 7. St. Anna with the Virgin and the Child before her.
8. Mary Magdalen. 9. St, Catherine. 10. St. Barbara. 11. St.
Margaret. 12. Christ on the Mount of Olives. On the opposite
page, by the second Netherlandish hand, which is more decided
but also harder in the forms and darker in the Indian ink, is the
Annunciation in a large D, a very good representation : the other
small pictures in initials are also by the same hand. 13. The
Betrayal of Christ, On the page opposite, in a D, the Visitation:
the next picture is cut out. 14. The Flagellation. On the page
opposite, in a D, the Annunciation to the Shepherds. 15. The
procession to Calvary. On the opposite page the Adoration of
the Kings. 16. The Crucifixion. The action of the fainting
Virgin is admirable. On the opposite page, in a T, the Presenta-
tion in the Temple. 17. The Descent from the Cross. On the
opposite page, in a D, the Murder of the Innocents. 18. The
Entombment. Both in the composition and in the heads, of great
merit. On the opposite page, in a C, the Flight into Egypt, 19.
The Virgin with the Child in a building. 20. The Last Judg-
ment. 21. The Office for the Dead. 22. The half globe with
the cross upon it as the sign of atonement, in explanation of the
words of the text, " Incipiunt commendationes animarum.', Above,
as the consequence, five souls in the form of infants, two of which
are being borne up to the Almighty in a cloth. 23. The Mass of
St. Gregory. 24. St. Jerome in his cell.
Les Miracles de la Vierge (Douce, No. 274), folio, 120 leaves,
written in one column with a very full Netherlandish minuscule
letter, with numerous very careful, well-executed pictures in
chiaroscuro, of the fully-developed style of the Van Eyck school.
These are, however, of inferior artistic value, namely, very empty
in the heads. I should therefore not have mentioned this MS.
were it not for the portrait of Philip the Good, Duke of Bur-
gundy, kneeling before the enthroned Virgin and Child, and pre-
vol. iii. g
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draperies have stiff, paper-like breaks, and the architectural acces-
sories are throughout Romanesque. 1. Christ in the act of bless-
ing, standing with the globe, in a building. 2. The Transfigura-
tion—the Almighty above with the triple papal crown, blessing
the Son. 3. John the Baptist in the desert. Here the space is
dark green, the sky dark blue. 4. The Death of Thomas a Becket
5. The fight of St. George and the Dragon, with the Princess in
the pointed sugarloaf-shaped cap. 6. St. Christopher with the
Child 7. St. Anna with the Virgin and the Child before her.
8. Mary Magdalen. 9. St, Catherine. 10. St. Barbara. 11. St.
Margaret. 12. Christ on the Mount of Olives. On the opposite
page, by the second Netherlandish hand, which is more decided
but also harder in the forms and darker in the Indian ink, is the
Annunciation in a large D, a very good representation : the other
small pictures in initials are also by the same hand. 13. The
Betrayal of Christ, On the page opposite, in a D, the Visitation:
the next picture is cut out. 14. The Flagellation. On the page
opposite, in a D, the Annunciation to the Shepherds. 15. The
procession to Calvary. On the opposite page the Adoration of
the Kings. 16. The Crucifixion. The action of the fainting
Virgin is admirable. On the opposite page, in a T, the Presenta-
tion in the Temple. 17. The Descent from the Cross. On the
opposite page, in a D, the Murder of the Innocents. 18. The
Entombment. Both in the composition and in the heads, of great
merit. On the opposite page, in a C, the Flight into Egypt, 19.
The Virgin with the Child in a building. 20. The Last Judg-
ment. 21. The Office for the Dead. 22. The half globe with
the cross upon it as the sign of atonement, in explanation of the
words of the text, " Incipiunt commendationes animarum.', Above,
as the consequence, five souls in the form of infants, two of which
are being borne up to the Almighty in a cloth. 23. The Mass of
St. Gregory. 24. St. Jerome in his cell.
Les Miracles de la Vierge (Douce, No. 274), folio, 120 leaves,
written in one column with a very full Netherlandish minuscule
letter, with numerous very careful, well-executed pictures in
chiaroscuro, of the fully-developed style of the Van Eyck school.
These are, however, of inferior artistic value, namely, very empty
in the heads. I should therefore not have mentioned this MS.
were it not for the portrait of Philip the Good, Duke of Bur-
gundy, kneeling before the enthroned Virgin and Child, and pre-
vol. iii. g