Leaf CCCLXXII, from Jacobus de Voragine's "Leben der Heiligen" (Passional)
Leaf CCCLXXII, from Jacobus de Voragine's "Leben der Heiligen" (Passional)
Leaf CCCLXXII, from Jacobus de Voragine's "Leben der Heiligen" (Passional)
Leaf CCCLXXII, from Jacobus de Voragine's "Leben der Heiligen" (Passional)

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Leaf CCCLXXII, from Jacobus de Voragine's "Leben der Heiligen" (Passional),

1488

Jacopo da Voragine, Italian, ca. 1230–1298
Published by Anton Koberger, German, 1472–1513
German
x1970-76

Information

Title
Leaf CCCLXXII, from Jacobus de Voragine's "Leben der Heiligen" (Passional)
Dates

1488

Maker
Jacopo da Voragine
Published by Anton Koberger
Medium
Woodcut, hand colored
Dimensions
block: 8.9 × 18.4 cm (3 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 32.4 x 22.1 cm (12 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Class of 1906
Object Number
x1970-76
Place Made

Europe, Germany, Nuremberg

Inscription
Title and page number letterpressed above woodcut, upper center Two columns of letterpress in German below wood cut
Reference Numbers
Hain 9981; Hind 370f; Schreiber 4313
Culture
European, German
Type
woodcuts, prints, hagiography, incunabula
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
battles, soldiers, deaths, religious art, men, figures (representations)

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