Walters Ms. W.728, Single leaf with Lutheran devotional design Orb of the Empire scribe Johann Leonhard Tauber artist Johann Leonhard Tauber Principal cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Cataloger Dutschke, Consuelo Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editor Herbert, Lynley Editor Noel, William Copy editor Bockrath, Diane Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Davis, Lisa Fagin Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Klemm, Elizabeth Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This leaf, which appears to have been created as a singular work rather than part of a book, was designed and made by Johann Leonhard Tauber in 1752. Tauber, who identifies himself as a 63-year-old gravel-crusher in Nuremberg, Germany, "drew" using lines of texts of Christian doctrine, Martin Luther's catechism, and daily prayers. He identifies the ultimate design as the "Reichs Apffel," or "Orb of the Empire." Written in the most minute script, with the smallest text in the center of the flower virtually illegible to the naked eye, this work would have been a painstaking act of devotion. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.728 The primary language in this manuscript is German. W.728r - W.728r Orb of the Empire Six articles of Christian doctrine; Luther's catechism with exposition; morning and evening prayers; the Lord's Prayer In diesem Reichs Apffel ist du lesen die VI. Haupt Stücke Christlicher Lehre/ des Catechismi D. M. Lutheri/ mit der Auslegung/ Morgen und Abend Gebet/ die haus Tafel/ die Frag Stücke[/] für die so zum Sacrament gehen wollen/ und das Vatter unser/ in der Rosen. Johann Leonard Tauber/ Sand Müller in Nürnberg. Scripsit. Ætatis. 63. Anno 1752. In this Orb of the Empire you read the six principal pieces of Christian doctrine: the catechism of DM [Martin] Luther with the interpretation; morning and evening prayer; the haustafeln (domestic duties); the questions for Christian teaching; for all those who want to go to the sacrament; and the "our father" in the rose. Leonard Tauber, Sand Müller in Nürnberg wrote it, in the 63rd year of his age, in 1752.

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The only ruling is found in the threefold ruled border around the image Micrography, written in Fraktur script Orb of the Empire motif created through miniature written lines of text; foliate design in green and brown at base of cross; rosette in tan, white, and green in center of orb; floral designs in corners; three ruled bounding lines in green, tan, and brown; text in dark brown and light tan ink (the latter appears to be faded) Orb of the Empire created through devotional writing Lutheran catechism texts Full-page miniature Dated 1752 CE Nuremberg, Germany Designed and executed by Johann Leonhard Tauber, Nuremberg, Germany, 1752 Henry Walters, Baltimore, acquired 1901; found among Nuremberg prints The Walters Art Museum, by Henry Walters bequest, 1931 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 German Colophon Manuscript Ornament Walters Art Museum Germany 18th century Devotion Private devotional text Drawing Calligraphy