The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
This early sixteenth-century book of hours was made for the Aussem family in Cologne, Germany, a provenance proclaimed through family heraldry within the manuscript, as well as the arms of Cologne stamped on its original leather binding. Lavishly illuminated throughout with full-page miniatures and historiated initials, the manuscript is just as notable for the marginal decorations that surround the figurative scenes. Illusionistic jewelry, architecture, texts, flowers, and insects abound.
Late textura formata with secretary form of "S"
Cataloger: Herbert, Lynley
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Editor: Noel, William
Copy editor: Dibble, Charles
Contributor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Hamburger, Jeffrey
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Pizzinato, Riccardo
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 811, cat. no. 337.
The History of Bookbinding, 525-1950 A.D.: An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, November 12, 1957, to January 12, 1958. Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1957, p. 64, cat. no. 150.
Jewelry, Ancient to Modern. Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1980, p. 164.
Hudson, Deal W. "The Real Meaning of the Real Presence." Crisis Magazine 19 (June 2001): pp. 40-45 at p. 43 (fol. 93v).
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Cologne, Germany
Early 16th century CE
book
Original Binding
Germany, sixteenth century; brown leather over wooden boards with stamped designs of fleurs-de-lis, rosettes, unicorns, Cologne heraldry, St. Paul under an arch; holes visible where clasps (now missing) were originally attached
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary language of this manuscript is German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500).
Aussem family, Cologne, early sixteenth century; indications of ownership include coat of arms
Marshall C. Lefferts collection, New York, before 1901; ex-libris on front pastedown
George H. Richmond collection, New York, acquired from Lefferts in 1901
Henry Walters, Baltimore, acquired before 1931
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
Cologne, Germany
Early 16th century CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary language of this manuscript is German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500).
Aussem family, Cologne, early sixteenth century; indications of ownership include coat of arms
Marshall C. Lefferts collection, New York, before 1901; ex-libris on front pastedown
George H. Richmond collection, New York, acquired from Lefferts in 1901
Henry Walters, Baltimore, acquired before 1931
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
This early sixteenth-century book of hours was made for the Aussem family in Cologne, Germany, a provenance proclaimed through family heraldry within the manuscript, as well as the arms of Cologne stamped on its original leather binding. Lavishly illuminated throughout with full-page miniatures and historiated initials, the manuscript is just as notable for the marginal decorations that surround the figurative scenes. Illusionistic jewelry, architecture, texts, flowers, and insects abound.
Late textura formata with secretary form of "S"
Cataloger: Herbert, Lynley
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Editor: Noel, William
Copy editor: Dibble, Charles
Contributor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Hamburger, Jeffrey
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Pizzinato, Riccardo
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 811, cat. no. 337.
The History of Bookbinding, 525-1950 A.D.: An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, November 12, 1957, to January 12, 1958. Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1957, p. 64, cat. no. 150.
Jewelry, Ancient to Modern. Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1980, p. 164.
Hudson, Deal W. "The Real Meaning of the Real Presence." Crisis Magazine 19 (June 2001): pp. 40-45 at p. 43 (fol. 93v).
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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