MEDICAL DEVOTIONAL]. South German, ca 1635.
MEDICAL DEVOTIONAL]. South German, ca 1635. 81 x 52 mm. 4pp. manuscript prayers in Latin on paper; 15pp. manuscript list in German on vellum of the cures on which to meditate in the fretwork panels; 4pp. prayers in German; at end 16pp. manuscript prayers in German on vellum. 10 CARVED AND PAINTED FRETWORK WOOD PANELS MOUNTED ON SILK LEAVES, the first a full-page panel showing Christ on the cross flanked by the imperial eagle and the pelican in her piety, the last a full-page panel showing the sacred monogram within a wreath of flowers and leaves, the remaining panels composed of larger central figures including the cross with Christ's hands and portraits of saints, surrounded by a total of 152 small square compartments, each identified in manuscript. Full-page gouache of the Pieta on recto of first panel, full-page gouache portrait of Mary Magdalene on verso of last panel. Limp red goatskin loose as issued in stained vellum covers tooled in blind, a pen sketch of a veiled Christ mounted within decorated paper frame on inner front cover, a gouache portrait of St. Jerome on a gold ground similarly mounted on the inner back cover, silver gilt clasps and catches. Provenance : purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 28 August 1959. A remarkable object intended to provide a devotional framework for the curing of ills, composed of delicately carved wood panels of open fretwork, which were joined back to back with a piece of silk between to form the leaves at the center of the book. At opening is a brief prayer in Latin, followed by the 15 page manuscript list headed "Verzaichnus der Heilthumer so in disem Biechlein verfast sein." This listing of terms--reflecting the embodiment of Christ and the names of the Apostles, the Martyrs and the Saints--corresponds to the various compartments on each of the wood panels. On these panels, each saint is associated iconographically with an object, which include flowers, herbs, tools, or places which are represented with an architectural detail. This devotional stems from the medieval tradition of using images and icons in the healing process, and venerating the images of saints and praying for their intercession.
MEDICAL DEVOTIONAL]. South German, ca 1635.
MEDICAL DEVOTIONAL]. South German, ca 1635. 81 x 52 mm. 4pp. manuscript prayers in Latin on paper; 15pp. manuscript list in German on vellum of the cures on which to meditate in the fretwork panels; 4pp. prayers in German; at end 16pp. manuscript prayers in German on vellum. 10 CARVED AND PAINTED FRETWORK WOOD PANELS MOUNTED ON SILK LEAVES, the first a full-page panel showing Christ on the cross flanked by the imperial eagle and the pelican in her piety, the last a full-page panel showing the sacred monogram within a wreath of flowers and leaves, the remaining panels composed of larger central figures including the cross with Christ's hands and portraits of saints, surrounded by a total of 152 small square compartments, each identified in manuscript. Full-page gouache of the Pieta on recto of first panel, full-page gouache portrait of Mary Magdalene on verso of last panel. Limp red goatskin loose as issued in stained vellum covers tooled in blind, a pen sketch of a veiled Christ mounted within decorated paper frame on inner front cover, a gouache portrait of St. Jerome on a gold ground similarly mounted on the inner back cover, silver gilt clasps and catches. Provenance : purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 28 August 1959. A remarkable object intended to provide a devotional framework for the curing of ills, composed of delicately carved wood panels of open fretwork, which were joined back to back with a piece of silk between to form the leaves at the center of the book. At opening is a brief prayer in Latin, followed by the 15 page manuscript list headed "Verzaichnus der Heilthumer so in disem Biechlein verfast sein." This listing of terms--reflecting the embodiment of Christ and the names of the Apostles, the Martyrs and the Saints--corresponds to the various compartments on each of the wood panels. On these panels, each saint is associated iconographically with an object, which include flowers, herbs, tools, or places which are represented with an architectural detail. This devotional stems from the medieval tradition of using images and icons in the healing process, and venerating the images of saints and praying for their intercession.
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