Hainricus Missal
This missal, which is one of the most beautiful of the German Romanesque period, was created thanks to the art-loving Abbot Berthold of Weingarten Monastery. He patronized the scriptorium there at the beginning of the 13th century to such an extent that a center of German illumination was formed where the most precious art treasures could be created including this missal created by the monk Hainricus. Although his exact identity will probably never be fully clarified, it is certain that Hainricus portrayed himself on the silver plate of the binding and in five other miniatures β a highly unusual circumstance. The book decoration is as magnificent as it is subtle: five splendid full-page miniatures, two-illuminated text pages, 24 calendar medallions, 35 historiated initials, and countless smaller color initials: this is the Hainricus Missal, which delights with its subtle splendor.
Hainricus Missal
Man's wish to stay in the memory of coming generations through the production of special works of art is one of the oldest. To be able to own such significant treasures is surely one of the greatest joys one can have. The history of this manuscript begins in 1217, when it was created in Weingarten Abbey, where it would stay for almost 600 years before being acquired by the first Earl of Leicester. His grandson, however, had to sell the codex to the millionaire John Pierpont Morgan Jr. a hundred years later. The ambitious abbot Berthold, who had great appreciation for art, sponsored the scriptorium of the Benedictine Abbey of Weingarten. Besides the Berthold Sacramentary, it is this manuscript above all that has caused the lasting fame of the great Weingarten school: the Hainricus Missal. Even so, the secret of Hainricus and his role in the production of the codex remain unexplained. According to the chronicle of the Weingarten Abbey, three monks carried this name β which one of them now is the Hainricus eternalized on the silver plate on the binding?
A Highlight of German Romanesque
Five magnificent full-page miniatures, two full-page ornamented initials, twenty-four calendar medallions, thirty-five narrative initials, twenty animal and scrollwork initials, and countless colored initials all executed in the highest perfection: this is the Hainricus Missal. The full-page miniatures, with fabulous frames carried out like panel paintings, captivate through their impressive monumentality. The initials present biblical episodes in a most lively manner. This high quality of decoration equals the precision with which the writing and neumes are carried out. Protagonists have overcome the rigor of their isolation and their emotions are within reach even though facial expressions and gestures are reduced to the basics. The Hainricus Master kicked off a great new artistic movement in the Weingarten scriptorium.
Codicology
- Alternative Titles
- Das Hainricus-Missale
Hainricus Sakramentar
Heinricus-Sakramentar - Size / Format
- 296 pages / 24.2 Γ 17.2 cm
- Origin
- Germany
- Date
- Ca. 1217
- Epochs
- Style
- Genre
- Language
- Script
- Gothic
- Illustrations
- 5 full-page miniatures, 2 illuminated text pages, 24 calendar medallions, 35 historiated initials, and countless smaller initials
- Content
- A liturgical book containing all instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the year
- Artist / School
- The Hainricus Master
- Previous Owners
- Abbey of St. Peter's, Salzburg
Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1754β1842)
J. P. Morgan Jr. (1867-1943)
Hainricus Missal
Crucifixion
Here we see a Crucifixion scene which is both typical for Gothic art but also exceptional for its artistry and the quality of its materials, e.g. the cross is constructed of silver vines. All the elements one expects are found here: the crowd has been reduced to just the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist; the sun and moon are shown to symbolize the darkening of the heavens that occurred at the moment of Christβs death. They have grieving human faces β the sun male and the moon female.
Hainricus Missal
Adoration by the Elders
Assembled around the Throne of God, the 24 elders described in Rev. 4:1β5 are represented here by four figures holding up their crowns. In the lower register, the textβs author John is pictured at a writing table, while the tonsured figure prostrating himself before John is labelled in silver as HAINRICVS, the mysterious figure after whom the manuscript is named.
This is an exemplary German Romanesque miniature with restrained gestures, calm, even serene facial expressions, and finely shaded primary colors. A certain angularity in the fall of folds already points to the nascent Zackenstil, the βjagged styleβ unique to the early German Gothic. A brilliantly burnished Byzantine style background rounds out this masterpiece.
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