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Hainricus Missal

193. MS M.711, fol. 84v
194. MS M.711, fol. 85r, silk lifted
195. MS M.711, fol. 85r, silk down
196. MS M.711, fol. 85v
197. MS M.711, fol. 86r
198. MS M.711, fol. 86v
199. MS M.711, fol. 87r
200. MS M.711, fol. 87v
201. MS M.711, fol. 88r
202. MS M.711, fol. 88v
203. MS M.711, fol. 89r
204. MS M.711, fol. 89v

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.