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print
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illustrated book
Object Type
print
illustrated book
Museum number
1850,0810.812
Description
'Hortulus anime...' (Lyons: Johannes Clein) 1517; book in Latin with text borders; two decorated initials with Crucifixion and Pentecost; printed in red and black throughout; woodcut illustrations by Erhard Schön and others, depicting: celestial calendar; lunar calendar; Annunciation; Lamentation; Crucifixion; Man of Sorrows; Mass of St Gregory; Crucifixion with Virgin and St John; St Veronica with her cloth; Agony in the Garden; pope with angel and scroll; St Jerome; St Luke; St John; David Praying; Holy Trinity; Virgin enthroned (repeated); St Michael; angel with donor/patron; St Luke painting the Virgin; St Sebastian martyred; St Valentine; St George; St Erasmus; martyrdom of the 10,000; St Lawrence; St Dionysis; St Stephen; St Anthony; St Gregory; St Ambrosius; St Roch; St Augustine; St Jerome; St Francis of Assisi; St Martin; St Nicholas; St Bridget (repeated); St Dorothy; St Gertrude; St Margaret; St Magdalene; Circumcision; Adoration of the Magi; Resurrected Christ; Pentecost; Death of the Virgin; group of saints; Nativity; scene of confession; scene of alms-giving; burying the dead; Last Judgment; Christ as judge; by Hans Springinklee: St Anne with the Virgin; St Ursula; St Elizabeth; St Catherine; St Orilia; St Bernard; 7 sorrows of the Virgin; St Christopher; 12 images of the Apostles; and St Apolonia; with printer's device at the end; bound in black leather with clasps missing. 1517 Woodcut and letterpress
Producer name
Print made by:
Hans Springinklee
Print made by:
Erhard Schön
Published by:
Johannes Clein
School/style
German
French
Production date
1517
Production place
Published in:
Lyon
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
105 millimetres
(approx sheet size)
Width:
80 millimetres
(approx sheet size)
Bibliographic references
Paisey 2002 / Catalogue of German printed books to 1900
(187)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(370,1; 420,2)
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(4.1-67)
(Schön)
New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700
(141-191)
(Springinklee)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
new testament
passion
virgin mary
trinity
christian saint/martyr
Associated names
Representation of:
Apostles
Representation of:
St Veronica
Representation of:
St George
Representation of:
Evangelists
Associated titles
Associated Title:
'Hortulus anime...' (Lyons, 1517)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Evans
Acquisition date
1850
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1850,0810.812