FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Produced in the second half of the 15th century in Germany and France, metal cuts created a distinctive decorative effect. The craftsman first engraved the plate with the outline of the subject. Then large, plain surface areas, which would print as an unrelieved black, were broken up using punches and stamps. There are only three impressions known of Saint Jerome, but this one is perhaps the most fascinating because it remains attached to the binding of William Durandus’s Rationale divinorum offciorum , into which it was glued near the end of the 1400s. Published in Basel before 1477, the book was the most authoritative medieval compendium of church and liturgical practice.
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Master of the Church Fathers' Border — Saint Jerome in Penit
Anonymous, German, 15th century — St. Jerome in his Study (S
Kölner Wappenschild (German) — St. Jerome
Freeman Gage Delamotte — Illuminated Initial "B"
Anonymous, German, Cologne, 15th century — Saints Anthony, S
Anonymous, Netherlandish, 15th century — The Annihilation of
Anonymous, German, 15th century — St. Jerome (Schr. 1554a)
Anonymous, Netherlandish, 15th century — The Angels of the E
Freeman Gage Delamotte — Decorated Border with Nativity Scen
Anonymous, Netherlandish, 15th century — The Bridegroom Show
Anonymous, Netherlandish, 15th century — Song of Praise in H
Israhel van Meckenem — The Beheading of St. John the Baptist