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Bowl with Scenes from the Legend of St. Ursula   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (Germany)Unknown author
Title	Bowl with Scenes from the Legend of St. Ursula
Description	English: The narrative on this basin tells the story of Saint Ursula and her 11,000 companions, who embarked on a pious journey from England to the Continent only to be met by the Huns in Cologne and slaughtered. Ursula was warned of her impending doom, according to the legend, but willingly accepted martyrdom to join the kingdom of heaven. The narrative is executed in a simple, engaging manner. The movement of Ursula and her companions is echoed in the narrative progression around the bowl as one turns it to follow the story. The kinetic dimension of the display would likely have made this manner of recounting the saint's legend more memorable than simple recitation. Indeed, some scholars have suggested that bronze vessels of this type might have been used for teaching, while others maintain that they might have played a role in liturgical hand-washing performed by nuns. In the latter instance, the swirling ocean crossed by Ursula must have looked quite realistic when seen through the rippling water that filled the bowl.
Date	12th century date QS:P571,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Middle Ages era QS:P2348,Q12554 )
Medium	copper alloy
Dimensions	height: 6.5 cm (2.5 in); diameter: 28.7 cm (11.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,6.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2386,28.7U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	53.69
Place of creation	Germany
Object history	Signol M.E.G. Reidy Sale, London, July 19, 1929 Bacri, Paris Léon Gruel, Paris Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters
Inscriptions	[Transcription] Engraved on rim of bowl: DESPONSANDA DAT HIS RESPONSIO BLANDA / VIRGINEO Q[UE] GRAVES MITTIT PC AGMINE NAVES / POSTQUA[M] TURBA RUDIS FUIT HIS EXERCITA LUDIS CARBASA PANDUNTUR AGRIP[P]INA Q[UE] FERUNTUR / QUE LOCA VIRGINEIS DISCUNT SACRANDA TROPHEIS / HINC VIA DIRGITUR QUA MOX BASILEA SUBITUR; [Translation] The betrothed gives a favorable answer / He sends great ships for the crowd of young women / After the uneducated crowd was practiced in these games, the sails are raised bearing them to Agippina [Cologne] / This place they teach is made sacred through the triumph of the virgins / from here they took the direct way to Basel; [Transcription] Engraved in the border around the central medalion: [UR]S[U]LA SOLLICITE SACRA DISCIT DOGMATA VITAE; [Translation] Ursula eagerly teaches the holy dogma of life.
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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