Christ with Twelve Apostles, illuminated manuscript

Image attached to MS Marlay 9

An image of Illuminated manuscript. Folio 43v: Christ with Twelve Apostles. Renner, Narziss (German, c.1502-p.1535). Scribe: Wagner, Leonhard. Parchment, i contemporary parchment flyleaf + 83 fols., 152 x 112 (92 x 58) mm, 16 long lines, ruled in plummet, catchwords. Production Place: Germany, Augsburg. 1514.
BINDING: 18th century, faded pink velvet over pasteboard, two silver-gilt clasps on lower cover, two silver-gilt catchplates on upper cover, all four with cherub’s head, edges gilt.
CONTENTS: fols. 2r – 3v Prayer to St Francis; fols. 4r – 10r Prayers to persons of the Trinity; fols. 10r – 18r Devotions on Christ’s Passion and Mary’s Compassion; fols. 18v – 19r Petition for Indulgence; fols. 19v – 25v Prayers during Mass; fols. 26r – 27v Gospel Sequence of St John; fols. 27v – 32v Sunday prayer; fols. 32v – 35v Prayers to the Virgin; fols. 36r – 38r Prayer to St Anne; fols. 38v – 41r Prayer to St Elizabeth; fols. 42r – 43v Prayer to the Guardian Angel; fols. 43v – 45r Prayer to ‘Eigenapostel’; fols. 45v – 47v Prayer to St Christopher; fols. 48r – 49v Prayer to St Barbara; fols. 50r – 52r Prayer to the Magi; fols. 53r – 55r Prayers to St Erasmus; fols. 55r – 56v Prayer to St Dorothy; fols. 57r – 59v Prayers to All Saints; fols. 60r – 62v Prayer for the Faithful Departed; fols. 62v – 78r Sermon by Geiler von Kaysersberg (excerpt)
fol. 79r – 81r Prayer to Christ and the Virgin and devotions on Christ’s Passion.
DECORATION: Five full-page framed miniatures (fols. 1v, 41v, 45v, 52v, 78v), ten large framed miniatures (fols. 19v, 34r, 36r, 38v, 43v, 48r, 50r, 55r, 56v, 59v), and one small framed miniature (fol. 26r), with full strewn-flower borders including animals, birds, insects or putti on brushed gold grounds: fol. 1v St Francis receiving stigmata; fol. 19v Patron with open book and rosary kneeling behind priest who celebrates Mass at altar with Crucifixion triptych, acolyte at his side, with a view of a street probably

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Illuminated manuscript. Folio 43v: Christ with Twelve Apostles. Renner, Narziss (German, c.1502-p.1535). Scribe: Wagner, Leonhard. Parchment, i contemporary parchment flyleaf + 83 fols., 152 x 112 (92 x 58) mm, 16 long lines, ruled in plummet, catchwords. Production Place: Germany, Augsburg. 1514. BINDING: 18th century, faded pink velvet over pasteboard, two silver-gilt clasps on lower cover, two silver-gilt catchplates on upper cover, all four with cherub’s head, edges gilt. CONTENTS: fols. 2r – 3v Prayer to St Francis; fols. 4r – 10r Prayers to persons of the Trinity; fols. 10r – 18r Devotions on Christ’s Passion and Mary’s Compassion; fols. 18v – 19r Petition for Indulgence; fols. 19v – 25v Prayers during Mass; fols. 26r – 27v Gospel Sequence of St John; fols. 27v – 32v Sunday prayer; fols. 32v – 35v Prayers to the Virgin; fols. 36r – 38r Prayer to St Anne; fols. 38v – 41r Prayer to St Elizabeth; fols. 42r – 43v Prayer to the Guardian Angel; fols. 43v – 45r Prayer to ‘Eigenapostel’; fols. 45v – 47v Prayer to St Christopher; fols. 48r – 49v Prayer to St Barbara; fols. 50r – 52r Prayer to the Magi; fols. 53r – 55r Prayers to St Erasmus; fols. 55r – 56v Prayer to St Dorothy; fols. 57r – 59v Prayers to All Saints; fols. 60r – 62v Prayer for the Faithful Departed; fols. 62v – 78r Sermon by Geiler von Kaysersberg (excerpt) fol. 79r – 81r Prayer to Christ and the Virgin and devotions on Christ’s Passion. DECORATION: Five full-page framed miniatures (fols. 1v, 41v, 45v, 52v, 78v), ten large framed miniatures (fols. 19v, 34r, 36r, 38v, 43v, 48r, 50r, 55r, 56v, 59v), and one small framed miniature (fol. 26r), with full strewn-flower borders including animals, birds, insects or putti on brushed gold grounds: fol. 1v St Francis receiving stigmata; fol. 19v Patron with open book and rosary kneeling behind priest who celebrates Mass at altar with Crucifixion triptych, acolyte at his side, with a view of a street probably

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Accession Number: MS Marlay 9
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
Image height: 1458 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
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Key words

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