Walters Ms. W.732, Single leaf and fragment with Crucifixion and colophon Prayer book fragments scribe Leonhardum Wirstlin Leonhard Wagner artist School of Hans Holbein the Elder 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 Hamburger, Jeffrey 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 manuscript fragment provides valuable clues about the prayer book of which it was once a part. The colophon on the verso of the image records that the manuscript was written at the Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg, Germany, in 1516 by the prolific scribe Leonhard Wirstlin, known also as Leonhard Wagner. The image on the recto, a simple but expressive drawing of the crucified Christ, may be connected to another important figure from the time, as it is believed to be the work of an artist from the circle of Hans Holbein the Elder. A painted floral border, now missing its accompanying text, has traditionally been paired with the intact leaf and is presumed to have come from the same manuscript. Although the illuminations are striking, the main leaf was originally purchased by the Walters not for its art but for its script: it provides an excellent example of what is referred to as Augsburg Maximilian script, which has interesting parallels in printed works of the same period. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.732 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. W.732Ar - W.732Bv Prayer book fragments Finit per fratrem Leonhardum Wirstlin presbiterum et conventualem monasterij sanctorum udalrici et affrem augusta vindelicorum 1516 Leonhard Wirstlin, conventual priest of the Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg, finished this in 1516

Medium-weight, heavily worn parchment

 Foliation: Not applicable13.7 10.9 11.8 8.5

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Calligraphic cursive book script of Gothic origin, sometimes referred to as Augsburg Maximilian script One full-page miniature, line drawing with green, red, and brown accents; fragment of painted floral border in yellow, red, green, blue, and white; text in black ink Crucifixion Full-page miniature

Attributed to an artist of the school of Hans Holbein the Elder.

 Fragment of floral text border Marginal decoration Dated 1516 Augsburg, Germany Leaf was originally the colophon of a prayer book, written at the Monastery of SS. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg, Germany, in 1516 by friar Leonhard Wirstlin Ed. Schultze, before 1901, his stamp on recto; sold in his sale in Munich, February 7-15, 1901 Fred Werther, Baltimore, before 1945 Walters Art Museum, purchased from Werther in May 1945, for $10.00 Museum purchase Relevant Works Faye, C. U. and W. H. Bond. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York, 1962, p. 197, no. 559. Miner, Dorothy. "Since de Ricci--Western Illuminated Manuscripts Acquired since 1934: A Report in Two Parts: Part 1." Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 29-30 (1966): pp. 68-103, pp. 100-103, figs. 23, 24. "Bulletin Codicologique." Scriptorium 26 (1972): pp. 130-246, p. 208, no. 402. 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 Prayer book Christian German Colophon Drawing Illumination Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum Germany 16th century Devotion