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Hainricus Missal

169. MS M.711, fol. 72v
170. MS M.711, fol. 73r
171. MS M.711, fol. 73v
172. MS M.711, fol. 74r
173. MS M.711, fol. 74v
174. MS M.711, fol. 75r
175. MS M.711, fol. 75v
176. MS M.711, fol. 76r
177. MS M.711, fol. 76v
178. MS M.711, fol. 77r
179. MS M.711, fol. 77v
180. MS M.711, fol. 78r

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.