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Manuscript
Two leaves from an Antiphonary
Text title
Antiphonary fragment
Abstract
Originally part of an Antiphonary created in Germany in the early fourteenth century, these two nonconsecutive folios were saved for their large and ornate historiated initials. Stylistically, the images are close to the "Legendarium" of the Abbey of Heiligen Kreuz in Regensburg, and these leaves have therefore been attributed to that region as well. Other folios from this same manuscript survive in several collections: New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. M.870 (1-3), the Los Angeles County Museum (no manuscript information on file), Stockholm, National Museum (Erickson Foundation, Med. 1-4), and in the collection of Philippe Verdier in Montreal. One of the New York leaves has the name "Gerwich" inscribed beneath a historiated initial, and this has been understood by scholars to be the name of the artist. As all of the surviving initials are by the same hand, the Walters initials may be attributed to Gerwich as well.
Date
Early 14th century CE
Origin
Regensburg, Germany
Artist
Supplied name: Gerwirch (?)
Language:
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Support material
Parchment
Medium-weight, well-finished parchment
Extent
Foliation: Not applicable
These are two non-consecutive leaves; both leaves have early ink foliation: they were originally fols. 56 and 524
Collation
Formula: Not applicable
Comments:
Dimensions
37.2 cm wide by 49.5 cm high
Written surface
26.0 cm wide by 34.3 cm high
Layout
Contents:
fols. W.754Ar - W.754Bv:Decoration:
fol. W.754Av:
fol. W.754Br:
Provenance
Created in the Regensburg region of Germany in the early fourteenth century
Dominican convent of the Holy Cross, Regensburg; sold in 1876
Acquisition
Purchase, S & A.P. Fund, R. Stora, New York, March 1955
Bibliography
Faye, C. U. and W. H. Bond. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York, 1962, p. 199, no. 570.
Miner, Dorothy. "Since de Ricci - Western Illuminated Manuscripts Acquired since 1934: A Report in Two Parts: Part 1." Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 29-30 (1966): pp. 68-103, at pp. 87-91, figs. 15, 16.
Stones, Alison, and John Steyaert. Medieval Illumination, Glass and Sculpture in Minnesota Collections. Minneapolis: University Gallery, University of Minnesota, 1978, p. 28.
Nordenfalk, Carl. Bokmalningar fran medeltid och renassans i Nationalmusei samlingar: en konstbok fran Nationalmuseum. Stockholm: Raben & Sjogren, 1979, p. 54.
Contributors
Catalogers: Dutschke, Consuelo; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Copy editor: Dibble, Charles
Conservators: Owen, Linda; Quandt, Abigail
Contributors: Bockrath, Diane; Davis, Lisa Fagin; Emery, Doug; Hamburger, Jeffrey; Klemm, Elizabeth; Noel, William; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.
Publisher
The Walters Art Museum
License
Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.
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