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Letter XXIV.
GERMAN MSS.
99
from the text, this MS. may be assigned to the 10th century, or
even to the beginning of the 11th, and was without doubt exe-
cuted in the same part of the world. P. 31 b represents the
Crucifixion—the Saviour draped. It has the same pale flesh-tones,
and very light broken body colours, as in that later MS. executed
for the same Emperor. P. 38 b, the Nativity, is similarly exe-
cuted, but conceived in the Byzantine style, for the very long
Child lies on he floor between the Virgin and Joseph ; and three
angels, half-length figures, are looking sidewards at the shep-
herds. P. 69 b, the three women at the sepulchre, with the
angel. P. 111b, the Ascension. P. 116 b, the Descent of the
Holy Ghost. Here a fresh hand appears, with those reddish flesh-
tones which are characteristic of the earlier MSS. with miniatures
executed for that emperor. On the pages opposite the pictures
are initials of very beautiful gold nourishes, with chiefly green
fillings, in a rich and beautiful framework upon a crimson ground,
in which the acanthus predominates. The keeping is quite admirable.
An Evangeliarium (BodL Bibl. Lat. No. 60), folio, 136 leaves,
written in one column with a beautiful minuscule letter. The
splendid canons occupy eight pages, and so far differ from the
usual arrangement that they have not the usual number of smaller
archivolts enclosed within a broad one occupying the whole width
of the page, but consist of four narrow archivolts, divided by
narrow golden or silver pilasters, with green and blue outlines,
which terminate the page. The ground of the archivolts is gold,
and where they meet there is a golden flower as a kind of acro-
terion. The text in the four columns is almost entirely in gold
upon a crimson ground. The gold and silver have a granulated
appearance. The pictures exhibit good drawing for the period,
and the orange-tones of the flesh and the style of the Crucifixion a
Byzantine influence. The execution in body-colours is careful.
The initials are of very beautiful golden flourishes, with vermilion
outlines, and chiefly with blue fillings. To these are attached, at
the commencement of the Gospels, crimson pages with designs,
with the text in majuscule letters in gold and silver alternately.
The framework of the borders at the beginning of the Gospels
has very beautiful designs, borrowed in most instances from
antique models. The N at the commencement of St. Jerome's
letter is treated somewhat simply in the above taste, but has in the
centre limbs two very pretty flowers quite peculiar to this MS.
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GERMAN MSS.
99
from the text, this MS. may be assigned to the 10th century, or
even to the beginning of the 11th, and was without doubt exe-
cuted in the same part of the world. P. 31 b represents the
Crucifixion—the Saviour draped. It has the same pale flesh-tones,
and very light broken body colours, as in that later MS. executed
for the same Emperor. P. 38 b, the Nativity, is similarly exe-
cuted, but conceived in the Byzantine style, for the very long
Child lies on he floor between the Virgin and Joseph ; and three
angels, half-length figures, are looking sidewards at the shep-
herds. P. 69 b, the three women at the sepulchre, with the
angel. P. 111b, the Ascension. P. 116 b, the Descent of the
Holy Ghost. Here a fresh hand appears, with those reddish flesh-
tones which are characteristic of the earlier MSS. with miniatures
executed for that emperor. On the pages opposite the pictures
are initials of very beautiful gold nourishes, with chiefly green
fillings, in a rich and beautiful framework upon a crimson ground,
in which the acanthus predominates. The keeping is quite admirable.
An Evangeliarium (BodL Bibl. Lat. No. 60), folio, 136 leaves,
written in one column with a beautiful minuscule letter. The
splendid canons occupy eight pages, and so far differ from the
usual arrangement that they have not the usual number of smaller
archivolts enclosed within a broad one occupying the whole width
of the page, but consist of four narrow archivolts, divided by
narrow golden or silver pilasters, with green and blue outlines,
which terminate the page. The ground of the archivolts is gold,
and where they meet there is a golden flower as a kind of acro-
terion. The text in the four columns is almost entirely in gold
upon a crimson ground. The gold and silver have a granulated
appearance. The pictures exhibit good drawing for the period,
and the orange-tones of the flesh and the style of the Crucifixion a
Byzantine influence. The execution in body-colours is careful.
The initials are of very beautiful golden flourishes, with vermilion
outlines, and chiefly with blue fillings. To these are attached, at
the commencement of the Gospels, crimson pages with designs,
with the text in majuscule letters in gold and silver alternately.
The framework of the borders at the beginning of the Gospels
has very beautiful designs, borrowed in most instances from
antique models. The N at the commencement of St. Jerome's
letter is treated somewhat simply in the above taste, but has in the
centre limbs two very pretty flowers quite peculiar to this MS.
h 2