Weckerlin Illuminated Manuscript Images

 

Scanned pages of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas. These images accompany an article published in the Winter 2016 issue of Magistra: "The Weckerlin Family's Commitment to a Monastic Vow: Medieval Bookmaking in Nineteenth-Century Alsace" by Virginia Blanton and Melissa Morris.

Manuscript Description

  • Title: Vies des Saints
  • Origin: Alsace
  • Date: before 1887
  • Foliation: pp. 149 continuous numbering (missing p. 43 due to misnumbering of the artist)
  • Language: French (with one Biblical verse in Latin
  • Script: French roundhand
  • Artist: Victor Weckerlin
  • Scribe: unknown
  • Contents: Fleurs du Desert (pp.1-59), Vies des Saintes Solitaires (pp.60-109), Vie de Saint Benoit (pp.110-148), Prayer to Saint Benoit (p.149)

Copyright: CODICES project (http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/)

Recent Submissions

  • The Weckerlin Family’s Commitment to a Monastic Vow: Medieval Bookmaking in Nineteenth-Century Alsace 

    Blanton, Virginia; Morris, Melissa (Benedictine Sisters - Mount St. Scholastica, 2016)
    This article examines the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 109v 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 109 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 108 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 107 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Decorated border: Two-sided border decorated with light pink flowers. Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 106 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Miniature (full-page) watercolor: Syncletica the Hermit in supplication in her cell. Decorated border: Two-sided border decorated with multiple green and red flowers. Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript ...

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 105 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 104 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 103 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Two-sided border decorated with purple flowers. Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 102 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Miniature (full-page) watercolor: Mary of Egypt praying in the desert holding a cross. Decorated border: Two-sided border decorated with violets. Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount ...

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 101 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 100 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 99 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Decorated border: Two-sided border decorated with multiple blue and orange flowers. Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 98 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Miniature (full-page) watercolor: Thais the Penitent burning her clothing and jewelry. Decorated border: Two-sided border decorated with morning glories and fuschia flowers. Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated ...

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 97 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 96 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 95 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Decorated border: Two-sided border decorated with red flowers and leaves. Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 94 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Miniature (full-page) watercolor: Mary the Penitent, niece of Abraham the Hermit, with Roman escort. Decorated border: Two-sided border decorated with juniper berries. Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript ...

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 93 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

  • Weckerlin illuminated manuscript, page 92 

    CODICES project: http://daedalus.umkc.edu/CODICES/; Weckerlin, Victor (1887)
    Scanned page of the 1887 Weckerlin illuminated manuscript housed at Mount St. Scholastica, a Benedictine convent in Atchinson Kansas.

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