File:German - Leaf from Gospels - Walters W79V - Open Reverse.jpg
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editLeaf from Gospels
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Title |
Leaf from Gospels |
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Description |
English: The dedicatory picture of this gospel book from Germany contains a marvelous illustration of the medieval artistic process. Placed at the start of the book, this picture relates part of the story of this manuscript, collapsing into a single image several moments in time, and several levels of reality according to a medieval Christian viewpoint. On the left, a figure dressed in rich clerical garb hands a book (indeed, this very book we are looking at) to Saint Peter, the patron saint of the church in which the two figures are standing. With his left hand Peter gestures toward an altar on which the book is placed. Reaching down from above the altar, the hand of God blesses the gift from on high. Much of the art of the medieval period is encompassed within this framework: someone in a position of authority (in this case the abbot of the church of Saint Peter) commissioned an object (here a gospel book) for the glory of God, and perhaps for the glory of the patron's institution as well. Absent from this picture is the maker. |
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Date |
late 11th century date QS:P571,+1050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Middle Agesera QS:P2348,Q12554 ) |
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Medium | ink, paint, and gold on parchment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 23.1 cm (9 in); width: 16.8 cm (6.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,23.1U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,16.8U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
W.7.9V |
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Place of creation | Reichenau, Germany (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Exhibition history | Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985. Real People in the Middle Ages: Donor Portraits in Illuminated Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987. Schatzkammer: Henry Walters' German Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006. The Saint John's Bible: A Modern Vision through Medieval Methods. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2009. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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