Fragment with Christ and John the Evangelist from the Gradual of St. Katharinenthal (Thurgau)
Description
Fragment of page f. 158a verso from the gradual of St.
Katharinenthal, which was removed in the 19th century, and the
miniatures from which were sold separately. The initial A shows
Christ bestowing a blessing with John the Evangelist, who is
resting his head on Christ's knees; kneeling at their feet is a
praying Dominican monk, in the frieze at the side, a Dominican nun.
Below the initial there used to be a frame (today in Zürich, Swiss
National Museum, LM 29329.2) with a painting of the Madonna of the
Apocalypse accompanied by John the Evangelist, while two kneeling
Dominicans pray under two arcades. Originally the same leaf also
had an initial V (today in Vienna, Graphische Sammlung Albertina,
Inv. Nr. 32434) with a very detailed representation of the Maiestas
Domini and of the Last Judgement. The fragment belongs to the Swiss
Confederation, the Gottfried Keller Foundation and the Canton of
Thurgau.
Place
Preferred form
Diessenhofen. Kloster Sankt Katharinenthal (Switzerland)
