print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1900,1019.62
- Description
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St Bruno; whole-length figure turned slightly to left, standing in a landscape; holding an olive branch and a book; a fountain at left against which the arms of Cologne are leaning; Bruno's arms and his crozier and mitre on the ground at right; illustration to an unidentified Latin publication. c.1516
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1516
- Dimensions
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Height: 97 millimetres
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Width: 71 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Merlo lists Petrus Blomevenna, 'Vita sci brunonis' (c.1516), a 'Sermo de sco. brunone confessore initiatore ordis Carthusien.', as well as a clipping from a folio publication with the chapter title 'De origine Carthusianae religionis ...' as instances of the block's use.
The print was produced in acknowledgment of Bruno's beatification in 1514 (hence his depiction here with a halo composed of rays rather than a circle).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1900
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1900,1019.62
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Harley 5920.232 (British Library MSS number)
