print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1872,0511.1114
Title: Object: Tamerlanes Scytha
Description: Recto: A tartars king steeping on kneeling man and about to mount horse Verso: 'Tamerlanes Scytha': A Turk on horseback; armed with shield, staff and bow and arrow, riding to right Cut from 'Chronica Turcica' by Philipp Lonicer (Frankfurt: 1578, Feyerabend). Woodcut with letterpress
Producer name: Print made by: Jost Amman
School/style: German
Production date: 1578
Materials: paper
Technique: woodcut; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 108 millimetres (recto image); Height: 120 millimetres (verso image); Width: 154 millimetres (recto image); Width: 98 millimetres (verso image)
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (V.130.1; V.130.17; V.130.18; V.130.116) (Jost Amman)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: tartar
Associated names: Illustration to: Philipp Lonicer
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Donated by: James Hughes Anderdon
Acquisition date: 1872
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1872,0511.1114

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