Stand-alone miniature on paper depicting a Benedictine nun kneeling before Christ and the instruments of the Passion. Banderoles containing devotional phrases extend from the mouths of the nun and Christ; an excerpt from Psalm 31 (Vulgate) is written at the bottom of the miniature
Description:
In Latin., Script: banderole text in a small Gothic bookhand., Decoration: an example of the simple illustration style known as "nonnenarbeiten," which are devotional images produced by medieval nuns for personal use. The nun and Christ are placed in a grassy field comprised of penstrokes covered with a green wash. Details like Christ's wounds are conveyed through penstrokes as well. The instruments of the Passion are individually colored with wash: red and black for the cock, orange for the sponge, and orange for parts of the spear. An alternating blue and orange wash has been used to decorate the border of the miniature., and Binding: individually mounted on parchment.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Benediktinerinnenabtei St. Walburg (Eichstätt, Germany)
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Benedictine nuns, Nuns as artists, Devotional objects, and Catholic Church
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing an incomplete Psalter with six illuminated initials. Supposedly created and used by a German nun in the last half of the fifteenth century, it has been considered an example of Nonnenarbeiten
Description:
In Latin., Engraved portrait bookplate? on front pastedown of Gerardus, dux Juliæ et Montium, Comes Ravensburgæ, Fundator ordinis anno 1444., Layout: single columns of 14 lines., Script: gothic bookhand., Decoration: Rubricated. Some banners with texts in margins. Six illuminated initials with gold or silver decoration: decorated silver initial (3v); birds, silver decoration (14v); Jonah, gold decoration (24v); monk with textual banner, gold decoration (35v); Virgin Mary and child, textual banner, gold decoration (43r); animal blowing instrument, silver decoration (50v); trumpeter, textual banner, gold decoration (80v)., and Binding: modern.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Germany.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Nuns, Books and reading, Nuns as artists, and Psalters
