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Hainricus Missal

049. MS M.711, fol. 19r
050. MS M.711, fol. 19v
051. MS M.711, fol. 20r
052. MS M.711, fol. 20v
053. MS M.711, fol. 21r
054. MS M.711, fol. 21v, silk lifted
055. MS M.711, fol. 22r
056. MS M.711, fol. 22v
057. MS M.711, fol. 23r
058. MS M.711, fol. 23v, silk lifted
059. MS M.711, fol. 23v, silk lowered
060. MS M.711, fol. 24r

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.