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Hainricus Missal

061. MS M.711, fol. 24v
062. MS M.711, fol. 25r, silk lifted
063. MS M.711, fol. 25r, silk lowered
064. MS M.711, fol. 25v
065. MS M.711, fol. 26r
066. MS M.711, fol. 26v
067. MS M.711, fol. 27r, silk lifted
068. MS M.711, fol. 27r, silk lowered
069. MS M.711, fol. 27v, silk lifted
070. MS M.711, fol. 27v, silk lowered
071. MS M.711, fol. 28r
072. MS M.711, fol. 28v

After a burst of activity, the Berthold Master vanished from Weingarten without a trace. Just a few years later, a second professional artist took his place and painted miniatures for an important commission from a high-ranking member of the abbey: this Mass book for the sacristan Henry (Hainricus) to use in a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which he was responsible for maintaining. Placed unusually at the core of the manuscript just before the Eucharistic prayer, the Coronation of the Virgin, at right, attests to Henry’s devotion to Mary. The surrounding symbols of the four evangelists and four rivers of paradise underscore her central role in the universal Church. The manuscript preserves its original treasure binding, silk curtains, and remarkable thirteen-strand bookmark.