Part of the library of the Earls Spencer, acquired in 1892 by Enriqueta Rylands from John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910), 5th Earl Spencer, for The John Rylands Library.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Christ on the Mount of Olives" }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)" }, { "label": "Project Information", "value": "
Created as part of the Incunabula Cataloguing Project, funded by the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, and the research project: '\u2018Werck der bücher\u2019 Transitions, experimentation, and collaboration in reprographic technologies, 1440\u20131470', funded by the AHRC/DFG. John Gandy is Project Cataloguer on the Incunabula Cataloguing Project. 'Werck der bücher' is led by Dr Stephen Mossman, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, Department of History, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, (SALC), University of Manchester, and Edward Potten, Principal Consultant, Department of History, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, (SALC), University of Manchester.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Artist(s)", "value": "Meister des Heiligen Georg" }, { "label": "Publication", "value": "Germany: publisher not identified" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "between 1450 and 1465" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Germany" }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "Jesus am Ôlberg" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Latin" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "The John Rylands Research Institute and Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 sheet. Leaf height: 290 mm, width: 213 mm." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "23024" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Jesus Christ--Betrayal; Engraving--15th century; Christian art and symbolism; Early works to 1800" }, { "label": "Physical Description", "value": "
A print in the 'dotted' manner, a technique used in some metal cuts, in which dots were stamped with a punch over selected parts of the plate to create a textured effect in those areas, the dots showing as white against the inked background, also known as manière criblé, or Schrotschnitt.<\/p>
Hand coloured in pale yellow, pale pink, and green.<\/p>
Watermark: Trauben, height: 62 mm, width: 32mm. With a chain line running through the centre, distance between chain lines: 37/38 mm. Matched to Piccard, Traube numbers 571, 572 (Donauwörth, Mölsheim (Worms), Nuremberg - 1455, 1456); number 575 (Aulsbach, Friedberg (Hess) - 1457); number 576 (Burg (Wupper) - 1455; number 577 (Speyer - 1460); number 578 (Nuremberg - 1452). Weigel, T.O., and Zestermann, A. Die Anfänge der Druckerkunst, volume II, page 228, reproduces a small Ochsenköpfe watermark from the Weigel impression of this print, current whereabouts unknown, but does not provide chain lines.<\/p>
Stix, A. Einblattdrucke des VX. Jahrhunderts in der Kupferstichsammlung der Hofbibliothek zu Wien (1920), attributes this print to the Meister des Heiligen Georg.<\/p>
Three impressions are known, one in the Albertina Museum, Vienna (DG1929/754), one at the John Rylands Library, and one in private ownership (Lloyd Baker, offered for sale by Sotheby's June 29, 1965, lot 34). Another impression, present whereabouts unknown, was formerly in the T.O. Weigel collection. It was sold in 1872: Katalog frühester Erzeugnisse der Druckerkunst der T.O. Weigel'schen Sammlung (Leipzig: Weigel, 27 May 1872), no. 327. The Weigel copy may be that later offered from Schreiber's own collection at the sale in 1909: Monumenta xylographica: Sammlung des Herrn Prof. W. L. Schreiber (Vienna: Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 1909), number 43 and Tafel XVI.<\/p>
Within a conservation mount.<\/p>
Image size: 233 x 176 mm.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "
Impression on paper depicting Christ on the Mount of Olives. Christ kneels, facing to the left, with folded hands, in the Garden of Gethsemane; the three apostles sit asleep beside him. Before him is a scroll bearing the inscription: 'P[ater] si possibile e[st] t[ra]nsferat[ur] ame calix iste'. On a rock to the left stands a large chalice, containing the instruments of the Passion, rod, scourge, crown of thorns, cross, and nails. An angel, appearing from the sky, holds a scroll with the words 'Constans esto ihesu fili dei'. In the background, Judas, holding a money bag, enters through a door in the wattled fence, followed by soldiers. His hand and that of a torch bearer both touch a scroll on which is inscribed: 'Quem osculatus fuero ipse est tenete eu[m]'. Clouds and stars are seen against a black sky. At the foot of the impression is a quotation from Luke xxii, 44: 'Factus est sudor ei[us] sicud gutte sagwinis decurre[n]tis i[n] terram'.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Special Collections" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "