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Hainricus Missal

145. MS M.711, fol. 60v
146. MS M.711, fol. 61r
147. MS M.711, fol. 61v
148. MS M.711, fol. 62r
149. MS M.711, fol. 62v, silk lifted
150. MS M.711, fol. 62v, silk down
151. MS M.711, fol. 63r
152. MS M.711, fol. 63v
153. MS M.711, fol. 64r
154. MS M.711, fol. 64v
155. MS M.711, fol. 65r
156. MS M.711, fol. 65v

After a burst of activity, the Berthold Master vanished from Weingarten without a trace. Just a few years later, a second professional artist took his place and painted miniatures for an important commission from a high-ranking member of the abbey: this Mass book for the sacristan Henry (Hainricus) to use in a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which he was responsible for maintaining. Placed unusually at the core of the manuscript just before the Eucharistic prayer, the Coronation of the Virgin, at right, attests to Henry’s devotion to Mary. The surrounding symbols of the four evangelists and four rivers of paradise underscore her central role in the universal Church. The manuscript preserves its original treasure binding, silk curtains, and remarkable thirteen-strand bookmark.