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Saint Christopher (Cutting possibly from a Vitae Sanctorum)
German
Medieval (Gothic)
15th century
Place of Manufacture: Germany
Medium/Technique
Tempera and ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10.5 x 8.7 cm (4 1/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.531
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Manuscripts
DescriptionA cutting from an unknown source, possibly a vitae sanctorum for the use of Franciscan nuns, or an office book. The cutting contains text in Latin and a depiction of Saint Christopher wading across the river with the Christ Child on his back, holding a staff, beneath an architectural frame before which kneels a brown-habited nun (Franciscan?) with banderole in Gothic cursive reading "O heilige Cristopher bit fur mich."
Marks
No watermark
InscriptionsInscribed on banderole in Gothic cursive script: "O heilige Cristopher bit fur mich".
ProvenanceBy September 1913, Dr. Denman W. Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross. (Accession date: February 15, 1917)