Walters Ms. W.5, Gospels of Abbot Duden Ownership inscriptions Gospels List of readings for the liturgical year Verse preface to Gospels Gospel Book Cataloger Dutschke, Consuelo Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Cataloger Noel, William Cataloger Sciacca, Christine Cataloger Valle, Chiara Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Davis, Lisa Fagin Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Klemm, Elizabeth Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This small Gospel Book was made in Werden, Germany, in the eleventh century. Its size indicates that it was intended for daily, personal use, and a series of ownership inscriptions on the first folio, which trace the ownership of the manuscript among several members of the clergy, provides insight into its use. Although the book contains little decoration, with no canon tables or ornamental initials, the Gospels are introduced by three brown- and red-ink pen drawings of the Evangelists, two of which were embedded into the end of the previous Gospel by the artist. The manuscript is, however, incomplete and lacks the end of Matthew as well as the portrait of Mark, which was likely incorporated into Matthew's explicit page, as was done with the other portraits. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.5 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 133v Gospel Book Incomplete; Matthew's Gospel lacks 28:12 to end; no canon tables or prefatory matter 1r - 1v Ownership inscriptions Hunc mihi donavit Stephano venerabilis Ownership notes added, starting in 1597, to front flyleaf; for further details, see Provenance 2r - 122r Gospels Inicium sancti Evangelii secundum Matheus Liber generationis Incomplete; fols. 2v-37v: Gospel of Matthew (lacks 28:12-end); fol. 38r: verse preface to Mark (Marcus divini petro narrante repletus); fols 38r-59v: Mark; fol. 60r: verse preface to Luke (Lucas ore dei medicina fultus at inde); fols. 60r-95r: Luke; fol. 95v: verse preface to John (Virgo supra pectus christi accubitare johannes); fols. 95v-122r: John 122v - 133v List of readings for the liturgical year Cum esset desponsata 38r - 38r 60r - 60r 95v - 95v Verse preface to Gospels Verses from Alcuin's Carmen LXXI are written on fols. 38r, 60r, and 95v, at the beginning of the Gospels of Mark, Luke, and John; the verses for Matthew are missing; on fol. 38r the text for Mark reads, "Marcus divini Petro narrante repletus | Faminis effremuit vox ut deserta ferarum | (Q)uo pingi torva decuit sub fronte leonis | Dogmata post fidei tuta est Aegyptus eb ipso | (N)orman et apostolicae complevit legi utrimque;" on fol. 60r the carmen for Luke reads, "Lucas ore dei medicina fultus at inde | Scribens gesta dei novit moderamina legi | Quodque sacerdotum meminit praesumere iura | Aligeri faciem novit gestare iuvenci;" on fol. 95v the verses for John read, "Virgo supra pectus Christi accubitare Iohannes | In caena meruit viva exanclaudo fluenta | Scilicet hinc aquile petiit trans aethera rationi | Qualiter et populous habitans verbum caro factum est." The carmen refers to the character of the Gospels. A Gospel Book in the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel with the shelf mark Cod. Guelf. 16 Aug. 2° (Heinemann-Nr. 2186), contains verses taken from the same carmen on fols. 4v, 47v, 78v, and 130v. The digitized manuscript can be seen at this address:http://dbs.hab.de/mss/?list=ms&id=16-aug-2f

Cream-colored parchment of medium thickness; three flyleaves on either end of manuscript are made of laid paper

 Foliation: v+133+v12.6 9.2 10.4 7.5 Two sets of foliation present: one in pencil in upper right corners, which is not accurate and may reflect additional materials at the beginning of the book that are no longer present; second set of foliation in pencil lower right corners (used here); foliation includes a sixth front flyleaf as fol. 1

1(2,-2), 2-5(8), 6(8,-5), 7-9(8), 10-11(6), 12-18(8), 19(2,-2) None None Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 2(2), 10(3), 18(4), 26(5), 34(6), 41(7), 49(8), 57(9), 65(10), 71(11), 77(12), 85(13), 93(14), 101(15), 109(16), 117(17), 125(18), and 133(19)

 Hard point ruling Late Caroline minuscule; two scribes evident, second responsible for fols. 150r-166v Full-page Evangelist portrait before Matthew (fol. 2r), 3/4-page portraits of Luke, embedded in end of Mark (fol. 59v), and John, embedded in end of Luke (fol. 95r); portrait for Mark is lacking, and likely was lost along with end of Matthew; Luke's portrait has Mark's lion symbol instead of the bull Three pen-drawn Evangelist portraits in brown and red ink; enlarged red initials throughout (2-6 lines); incipits in red or brown with red-filled letters; brown-and-red combined pen trails descending vertically from bottom line of text on a number of folios; headings above Gospel texts in red; Gospel text in brown ink Portrait of Evangelist Matthew Opening of Matthew's Gospel Full-page miniature Portrait of Evangelist Luke Opening of Luke's Gospel Three-quarter-page miniature Portrait of Evangelist John Opening of John's Gospel Full-page miniature

Red velvet over cardboard, gilded edges; bound by Léon Gruel, Paris, late nineteenth century

 11th century CE Werden, Germany Werden, Germany, early eleventh century (?) Abbot Duden, St. Liudger, Helmstadt, ca. 1573, inscription fol. 1r Stephanus Campmann, Benedictine Abbey, Werden, 1597; a German inscription on fol. 1r identifies Stephanus Campmann of Büderich (d. 1644), a monk of Werden, as the recipient of the book given to him by Abbot Duden (1593-1601) of St. Luidger in Helmstadt Prior Heinrich Meibom, St. Liudger, Helmstadt, before 1625; a second German inscription on fol. 1r states that Stephanus Campmann gave the manuscript to Heinrich Meibom through Prior Heinrich of St. Liudger Gruel and Engelmann collection no. 64, Paris, late nineteenth century Henry Walters, Baltimore, acquired from Léon Gruel before 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 767, no. 63. Baltimore Museum of Art. The Greek Tradition in Painting and the Minor Arts: An Exhibition Sponsored Jointly by the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Gallery from May 15 through June 25, 1939. Baltimore Museum of Art, 1939, p. 75, no. 87. "Bulletin Codicologique." Scriptorium 22 (1968): pp. 118-119, no. 152. Elbern, Victor. "Eine frühmittelalterliche Handschrift aus Werden in Baltimore." Aachener Kunstblätter 39 (1969): pp. 92-110. "Bulletin Codicologique." Scriptorium 26 (1972): pp. 130-246, no. 177. Kahsnitz, Rainer. Der Werdener Psalter in Berlin: Ms. theol. lat. fol. 358: Eine Untersuchung zu Problemen mittelalterlicher Psalterillustration. Düsseldorf: Schwann, 1979, pp. 36-37, 252, figs. 375, 376. Hoffmann, Hartmut. "Buchkunst und Königstum im Ottonischen und Frühsalischen Reich." Schriften der Monumenta Germaniae Historica, 30, no. 1. Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann, 1986, p. 101, n. 20. Gerchow, Jan. Das Jahrtausend der Mönche: Kloster Welt Werden, 799-1803. Cologne: Wienand, 1999, p. 362, no. 60 (fol. 2v). Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille Binding New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Christian Codex Illumination Manuscript Scripture German Gospels Book Walters Art Museum White-vine lettering Germany Miniature 11th century Literature -- Poetry Liturgy