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Lot 1
ANONYMOUS GERMAN, 15TH CENTURY
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Fermé28 January 2021
Prix réalisé
GBP 12,500
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Note du spécialiste
The earliest inscription on this sheet, in the upper right corner in a German hand, can be dated to the late 15th century and is near-contemporary with the print. It reads:
Nu[n]c lege nu[n]c ora nu[n]c cu[m] fervore labora
Nu[n]c co[n]templa[r]e nu[n]c scripturas meditare
No[n] sis in pausa ne mortis sis tibi causa
Sic erit hora brevis et labor levis
Just below this is an early 16th-century ownership inscription:
Ao 1518 Michi […] Dno Georgi Pobeidezas […]
The inscription in Greek to the right of the saint reads:
γνῶθι σεαυτόν ('know thyself')
The partially legible inscription to her left is roughly translatable as 'nothing is granted to God that isn’t given by God’:
phi […] ad cognita[s]
[…]
nullus ad deu[m] accedit ex se
nisi […] datur a deo
The inscription on the hem of her dress refers to the moon and the night:
ultra concavi[…] orbis lune nocturnalis […]
We are grateful to our colleague Eugenio Donadoni from the Books & Manuscripts department for deciphering these inscriptions.
Nu[n]c lege nu[n]c ora nu[n]c cu[m] fervore labora
Nu[n]c co[n]templa[r]e nu[n]c scripturas meditare
No[n] sis in pausa ne mortis sis tibi causa
Sic erit hora brevis et labor levis
Just below this is an early 16th-century ownership inscription:
Ao 1518 Michi […] Dno Georgi Pobeidezas […]
The inscription in Greek to the right of the saint reads:
γνῶθι σεαυτόν ('know thyself')
The partially legible inscription to her left is roughly translatable as 'nothing is granted to God that isn’t given by God’:
phi […] ad cognita[s]
[…]
nullus ad deu[m] accedit ex se
nisi […] datur a deo
The inscription on the hem of her dress refers to the moon and the night:
ultra concavi[…] orbis lune nocturnalis […]
We are grateful to our colleague Eugenio Donadoni from the Books & Manuscripts department for deciphering these inscriptions.