SCRIBE OR COPYIST
Working at his desk in a room in which are a reading desk and a chest with manuscript.
(From an Old Miniature.)
PERIOD: XV. CENTURY.
Turning to German work of the fifteenth century, there is, in the South Kensington Museum, a cast of the famous choir stalls in the Cathedral of Ulm, which are considered to be the finest work of the Swabian school of German wood carving. The magnificent panel of foliage on the front, the Gothic triple canopy with the busts of Isaiah. David, and Daniel, are thoroughly characteristic specimens of design; the signature of the artist, Jörg Syrlin, with date 1468, are carved on the work. There were originally 89 choir stalls, and the work occupied the master from the date mentioned, 1468, until 1474.
The illustrations of the two chairs of German Gothic furniture, formerly in some of the old castles, are good examples of their time, and are from drawings made on the spot by Prof. Heideloff.
TWO GERMAN CHAIRS, LATE 15TH CENTURY.
(From Drawings made in Old German Castles by Prof. Heideloff.)