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Object Type
Museum number: 1872,0608.331
Description: The Sacred monogram with the Crucifix and the four Evangelists; the sign "yhs" is placed on a circle within a circle, inscription on outer circle; on top is the crucifix and around the circles are the symbols of the four Evangelists with their names inscribed on scrolls; inscription above Woodcut with hand-colouring
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School/style
Production date: 1470-1480
Materials
Technique: woodcut; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 275 millimetres; Width: 191 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This is the second of five different woodcuts from the same design (Schr. 1808-12), of which the original is ascribed to Ulm, c. 1470. The original block of one of the other versions is in the BM (Schr. 1812). The present cut is the only version with errors in the inscription, cf. Dodgson, Woodcuts of the XV Century in the British Museum, vol. II, London 1935, no. 233.
Bibliographic references: Schreiber 1926-1930 / Handbuch der Holz- und Metalschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts (1809); Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (A.114)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: St Matthew; Representation of: St Mark; Representation of: St Luke; Representation of: St John the Evangelist
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Theodor Oswald Weigel (sale Leipzig 27.v.1872/96); Purchased through: A Asher & Co
Acquisition date: 1872
Acquisition notes: 40 Marks
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1872,0608.331

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