[48] Wocel, _Mittheil. der Central.-Commiss._, v., 1860, p. 75, with
illustrations.
Another rich example of German as distinct from French or Italian work
of this period is the grand Salzburg Missal now at Munich (Lat. 15710).
When we reach the fifteenth century German illumination begins to grow
gaudy, especially in the revived taste for parti-coloured border-frames,
in which green and scarlet are often to be seen. The Kuttenberg Gradual
at Vienna (Imp. Lib., 15501) is of the Bohemian type. Now and then a MS.
will show the influence of Westphalian treatment of foliage--and, again,
of the school of Cologne or Nuremberg or Augsburg. These all differ,
whilst still keeping an unmistakable German character. The Hildesheimer
Prayer-book at Berlin points to Cologne. The Frankendorfer Evangeliary
at Nuremberg is characteristic of that city. The Choir-book of St.
Ulrich and Afra in their abbey at Augsburg is typical of its locality.
The Missal of Sbinco, Archbishop of Prag, inclines to Nuremberg rather
than Prag (Imp. Lib., Vienna, No. 1844). It is eighty years earlier than
the Augsburg and Hildesheim MSS. Passing actively onwards, we find
illumination still in vogue in the sixteenth century, notwithstanding
that Germany was the cradle of the printing press.
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