Walters Ms. W.754, Two leaves from an Antiphonary Antiphonary fragment artist Gerwirch (?) Cataloger Dutschke, Consuelo Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Cataloger Noel, William Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 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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 Originally part of an Antiphonary created in Germany in the early fourteenth century, these two nonconsecutive folios were saved for their large and ornate historiated initials. Stylistically, the images are close to the "Legendarium" of the Abbey of Heiligen Kreuz in Regensburg, and these leaves have therefore been attributed to that region as well. Other folios from this same manuscript survive in several collections: New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. M.870 (1-3), the Los Angeles County Museum (no manuscript information on file), Stockholm, National Museum (Erickson Foundation, Med. 1-4), and in the collection of Philippe Verdier in Montreal. One of the New York leaves has the name "Gerwich" inscribed beneath a historiated initial, and this has been understood by scholars to be the name of the artist. As all of the surviving initials are by the same hand, the Walters initials may be attributed to Gerwich as well. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.754 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. W.754Ar - W.754Bv Antiphonary fragment Incomplete; fol. 754Ar-v: the recto begins with the last words of an unknown antiphon (...uid jacet. Gloria patri et filio et spiritu sancto), continues with directions and hymns for saints honored after Christmas, and ends imperfectly on the verso with a hymn for the circumcision (peccata mundi...); fol. 754Br-v: begins imperfectly with the end to a hymn to St. Peter (...pastor ovium princeps Apostolorum), continues with a hymn to Simon Peter, which ends on the verso imperfectly (et animam meam pono...)

Medium-weight, well-finished parchment

 Foliation: Not applicable49.5 37.2 34.3 26.0 These are two non-consecutive leaves; both leaves have early ink foliation: they were originally fols. 56 and 524

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There are eight lines of text, but there is additional ruling for the four-stave musical notation between text lines; due to this unusual ruling pattern, initials are measured here in terms of centimeters rather than line height Liturgical Gothic bookhand with rubrics in a smaller slightly less formal version of the same script; opening word in a majuscule display script in colored inks Two historiated initials (7.4 cm x 9.3 cm) in blue, red, green, and white against burnished gold grounds, with red and blue pen flourishes extending into margin; enlarged capitals (1.5 cm to 7 cm) in red or blue with pen decoration in the opposite color; rubrics in red; text in black ink Initial "E" with the circumcision of Christ Hymn for the circumcision Historiated initial "E," 7.4 cm x 9.3 cm Initial "S" with Christ giving St. Peter a key Hymn to St. Peter Historiated initial "S," 7.4 cm x 9.3 cm Early 14th century CE Regensburg, Germany Created in the Regensburg region of Germany in the early fourteenth century Dominican convent of the Holy Cross, Regensburg; sold in 1876 Purchase, S & A.P. Fund, R. Stora, New York, March 1955 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. 199, no. 570. 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, at pp. 87-91, figs. 15, 16. Stones, Alison, and John Steyaert. Medieval Illumination, Glass and Sculpture in Minnesota Collections. Minneapolis: University Gallery, University of Minnesota, 1978, p. 28. Nordenfalk, Carl. Bokmalningar fran medeltid och renassans i Nationalmusei samlingar: en konstbok fran Nationalmuseum. Stockholm: Raben & Sjogren, 1979, p. 54. 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 Antiphonary Christian German Walters Art Museum Germany 14th century Liturgy Historiated initial Illumination Manuscript Musical notation Painting