print; illustrated book

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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
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
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1850
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1850,0810.812

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