and the Pentinence of Mary Magdalene, four miniatures from an illustrated manuscript of Spiegel der Menschlichen Behaltnis, the Speculum Humanae Salvationis in German translation, fragment from a leaf on paper [western Germany (probably Rhineland, perhaps Düsseldorf), first half of the fifteenth century (c. 1412)] Rectangular fragment, with 4 painted scenes: front left David swinging a slingshot as Goliath stands as a medieval knight with sword and spear before him, and to the right, David cutting off the giant’s head, offset of a jug from preceding leaf in parent volume; on the reverse: David wielding the giant’s club and striking a bear with it, and a detailed scene of the Penitence of Mary Magdalene, as Christ with a deep red halo sits at table with followers as she grovels at his feet and dries them with her long flowing blond hair, some offset of figures from following leaf in parent volume; each scene accompanied by some lines of text in a skilled German vernacular hand and an occasional caption in same, bull’s head watermark on other leaves from same parent manuscript close to Briquet 14691 (Düsseldorf, 1412), faded and edges damaged with losses on 3 sides and splits in paper, perhaps recovered from use in binding, overall fair condition, 185 by 125mm. Provenance: Sotheby’s, 18 June 1996, lot 11 (part 3), and illustrated there. Another leaf from the same manuscript reappeared in Sotheby’s, 6 December 2001, lot 26. Text: The Speculum Humanae Salvationis matches the stories of the Gospels with parallel scenes from the Old Testament. It was translated into German, French, Dutch and even Czech in the Middle Ages. This leaf is from a finely illustrated copy of the German text, most probably produced in the Rhineland in the opening decades of the fifteenth century for the contemplation of a wealthy patron. The text here corresponds to parts of chs. 13-14 (following I Kings 17:49-51 and Luke 7:36-50).
and the Pentinence of Mary Magdalene, four miniatures from an illustrated manuscript of Spiegel der Menschlichen Behaltnis, the Speculum Humanae Salvationis in German translation, fragment from a leaf on paper [western Germany (probably Rhineland, perhaps Düsseldorf), first half of the fifteenth century (c. 1412)] Rectangular fragment, with 4 painted scenes: front left David swinging a slingshot as Goliath stands as a medieval knight with sword and spear before him, and to the right, David cutting off the giant’s head, offset of a jug from preceding leaf in parent volume; on the reverse: David wielding the giant’s club and striking a bear with it, and a detailed scene of the Penitence of Mary Magdalene, as Christ with a deep red halo sits at table with followers as she grovels at his feet and dries them with her long flowing blond hair, some offset of figures from following leaf in parent volume; each scene accompanied by some lines of text in a skilled German vernacular hand and an occasional caption in same, bull’s head watermark on other leaves from same parent manuscript close to Briquet 14691 (Düsseldorf, 1412), faded and edges damaged with losses on 3 sides and splits in paper, perhaps recovered from use in binding, overall fair condition, 185 by 125mm. Provenance: Sotheby’s, 18 June 1996, lot 11 (part 3), and illustrated there. Another leaf from the same manuscript reappeared in Sotheby’s, 6 December 2001, lot 26. Text: The Speculum Humanae Salvationis matches the stories of the Gospels with parallel scenes from the Old Testament. It was translated into German, French, Dutch and even Czech in the Middle Ages. This leaf is from a finely illustrated copy of the German text, most probably produced in the Rhineland in the opening decades of the fifteenth century for the contemplation of a wealthy patron. The text here corresponds to parts of chs. 13-14 (following I Kings 17:49-51 and Luke 7:36-50).
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