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In the lower part of the miniature, the scribe Leonhard Wagner presents the psalter to its patron, Johann von Giltlingen, abbot of the imperial abbey of Saint Ulrich and Saint Afra in Augsburg from 1482-1496. St Jude (or Matthew?) with hatchet in his right hand stands behind Wagner, as his patron saint. Giltlingen's arms (argent, three eagles sable) are painted in the foreground. 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Cork, Ireland: his sale, Sotheby's London, 12 March 1891 and 11 following days, lot 1663 (sold for £21 to Quaritch)\n(3) Bought by the South Kensington Museum from Quaritch for £28 in 1892 on the instigation of James Weale.  \n\nThe frontispiece was submitted to extensive overpainting in the 19th-century. ","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Frontispiece to the Giltlingen Psalter made for the Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra, Augsburg, 1494-1495, with 19th-century overpainting. A duplicate number MS.425 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Braun, Placidus, Notitia Historico-Literaria De Codicibus Manuscriptis in Bibliotheca Monasterii SS. Udalricum et Afram Augustae extantibus, III, 1793, p. 100."},{"reference":{"text":"Bradley, J.W. <u>Historical introduction to the collection of illuminated letters and borders in the National Art Library</u>. 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