JRL1200357

COLLECTION NAME:

Early Printing Collection

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Manchester~20~20

Early Printing Collection

Collection

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Image Number:

JRL1200357

image_number

JRL1200357

Image Number

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Reference Number:

17249.2

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17249.2

Reference Number

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Previous Accession Number:

Latin MS 366

previous_accession_number

Latin MS 366

Previous Accession Number

false

Link to Catalogue:

UoM online catalogue

Parent Work Title:

St Christopher Woodcut

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St Christopher Woodcut

Parent Work Title

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Alternative Parent Work Title:

St Christopher

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St Christopher

Alternative Parent Work Title

false

Date Created:

1435-1450

date_created

1435-1450

Date Created

false

Page/Sheet:

Inner lower cover

page

Inner lower cover

Page/Sheet

false

Description:

Impression on paper from a woodblock depicting Saint Christopher. The Saint strides through the water from one shore to the other of a little bay. He grasps in both hands the stem of a date palm which he uses as a staff, and carries on his shoulder the Infant Christ, clad in a long robe, who blesses with his right hand and holds the Orb in his left. The landscape, diminutive in scale as compared with the figure of the Saint, consists of hills that rise and form steep, jutting cliffs, surmounted by trees, on either side of the bay, but descend to the level of the water in the foreground. On the right, a hermit kneels, holding a lantern to guide the Saint, before the door of a chapel, beneath him a rabbit emerges from a burrow. On the left, a man rides on a mule, carrying a sack, towards a mill, from which another man, carrying a sack of flour over his shoulder, climbs on foot the steep road that ascends to a little house beneath the topmost tree. Xylographic text at foot: Cristofori faciem quacumque tueris Illa nempe die morte mala non morieris Millesimo cccc° xx° tertio. The whole within a single wide border. Pasted onto the inner lower cover of the early fifteenth-century codex Latin MS 366, a copy of Konrad von Haimburg’s “Laus Mariae”, completed in 1417 and found in a monastery at Buxheim.

description

Impression on paper from a woodblock depicting Saint Christopher. The Saint strides through the water from one shore to the other of a little bay. He grasps in both hands the stem of a date palm which he uses as a staff, and carries on his shoulder the Infant Christ, clad in a long robe, who blesses with his right hand and holds the Orb in his left. The landscape, diminutive in scale as compared with the figure of the Saint, consists of hills that rise and form steep, jutting cliffs, surmounted by trees, on either side of the bay, but descend to the level of the water in the foreground. On the right, a hermit kneels, holding a lantern to guide the Saint, before the door of a chapel, beneath him a rabbit emerges from a burrow. On the left, a man rides on a mule, carrying a sack, towards a mill, from which another man, carrying a sack of flour over his shoulder, climbs on foot the steep road that ascends to a little house beneath the topmost tree. Xylographic text at foot: Cristofori faciem quacumque tueris Illa nempe die morte mala non morieris Millesimo cccc° xx° tertio. The whole within a single wide border. Pasted onto the inner lower cover of the early fifteenth-century codex Latin MS 366, a copy of Konrad von Haimburg’s “Laus Mariae”, completed in 1417 and found in a monastery at Buxheim.

Description

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Language:

Latin

language_name

Latin

Language

false

Subject:

Printing--History

subject

Printing--History

Subject

false

Subject:

Christianity

subject

Christianity

Subject

false

Category of Material:

Printed

category

Printed

Category of Material

false

Sub-Category:

Incunabula

class

Incunabula

Sub-Category

false

Sub-Category:

Watermarks

class

Watermarks

Sub-Category

false

Technique Used:

Woodcut (process)

technique

Woodcut (process)

Technique Used

false

Technique Used:

Hand colouring

technique

Hand colouring

Technique Used

false

Medium:

Ink

medium

Ink

Medium

false

Support:

Paper

support

Paper

Support

false

Creation Site:

Germany

location_creation_site

Germany

Creation Site

false

People Covered:

Christopher, Saint

people_covered

Christopher, Saint

People Covered

false

People Covered:

Jesus Christ

people_covered

Jesus Christ

People Covered

false

Item Height:

298 mm

item_height

298 mm

Item Height

false

Item Width:

210 mm

Provenance:

Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner

former_repository

Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner

Provenance

false

Provenance:

Gundelfingen, Anna von, 1400?-1432, former owner

former_repository

Gundelfingen, Anna von, 1400?-1432, former owner

Provenance

false

Provenance:

Reichskartause Buxheim, former owner

former_repository

Reichskartause Buxheim, former owner

Provenance

false

Rights Holder - Image:

The University of Manchester Library

Access Rights:

access_rights

Access Rights

false

MEDIA INFORMATION

JRL1200357