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Source Description
This leaf, which appears to have been created as a singular work rather than part of a book, was designed and made by Johann Leonhard Tauber in 1752. Tauber, who identifies himself as a 63-year-old gravel-crusher in Nuremberg, Germany, "drew" using lines of texts of Christian doctrine, Martin Luther's catechism, and daily prayers. He identifies the ultimate design as the "Reichs Apffel," or "Orb of the Empire." Written in the most minute script, with the smallest text in the center of the flower virtually illegible to the naked eye, this work would have been a painstaking act of devotion.
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Document identity
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4417
label
Single Leaf with Lutheran Devotional Design
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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4417
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Single Leaf with Lutheran Devotional Design
description
This leaf, which appears to have been created as a singular work rather than part of a book, was designed and made by Johann Leonhard Tauber in 1752. Tauber, who identifies himself as a 63-year-old gravel-crusher in Nuremberg, Germany, "drew" using lines of texts of Christian doctrine, Martin Luther's catechism, and daily prayers. He identifies the ultimate design as the "Reichs Apffel," or "Orb of the Empire." Written in the most minute script, with the smallest text in the center of the flower virtually illegible to the naked eye, this work would have been a painstaking act of devotion.
provenance
Created by Johann Leonhard Tauber, Nuremberg, Germany, 1752; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1901; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1752
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
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2
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
34.5
height
21
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 13 9/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (34.5 x 21 cm); Folio H: 13 9/16 × W: 8 1/4 in. (34.4 × 21 cm); Framed H: 21 3/4 × W: 16 3/4 × D: 1 3/8 in. (55.25 × 42.55 × 3.49 cm)
Source extras
med
ink on thin paper mounted on board
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4467
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MSS
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2128
3504
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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