print; title-page

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Object Type: print; title-page
Museum number: 1895,0122.1118
Description: Title-page border with the battle of the Teutoburg Forest; in upper section, the calumny of Apelles between Ignorantia and Veritas in lower section and the four Virtues at left and right. Illustration to Maximus Tyrius, 'Sermones e Graeca in Latinam linguam versi Cosmo Paccio interprete', Basel: Froben, January 1519. 1517 Woodcut and letterpress
Producer name: Print made by: Ambrosius Holbein; Printed by: Johann Froben
School/style
Production date: 1519 (Printed); 1517
Production place: Printed in: Basel
Materials
Technique: woodcut; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 252 millimetres; Width: 172 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For another impression (used in Erasmus's Novum Testamentum') see 1856,0614.119
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; ancient history; allegory/personification; battle; virtues and vices
Associated names: Illustration to: Cassius Maximus Tyrius; Illustration to: Cosimo de' Pazzi, Archbishop of Florence (Editor); Representation of: Arminius; Representation of: Publius Quinctilius Varus; Representation of: Apelles
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1895
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1895,0122.1118

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