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Prayerbook leaves.

Accession number
MS M.1047
Object title
Prayerbook leaves.
Created
Augsburg, Germany, ca. 1520-1525
Credit line
Gift of Mr. John Davis Hatch, Jr., 1983.
Description
1 bifolium (2 conjoint leaves) : vellum, illuminated ; 146 x 113 mm
Provenance
Maggs Bros., London; Mark Lansburgh (1925-2013); Blumka Gallery, New York.
Notes
Ms. prayerbook leaves; written and illuminated in Germany, possibly Augsburg, ca. 1520-25.
Decoration: 1 miniature depicting the Madonna and child with donor, 1 illuminated border, 3 illuminated initials; German Gothic style. Merkl (1999) attributes the miniature to Ulrich Taler, and suggests that the patron is Abbot Johannes VI Schrott of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg.
Seven other leaves from the same manuscript were sold at Sotheby's, London, on Dec. 13, 1976, lot 24.
Script
textura
Language
German
Century
Classification