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print
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blockbook
Object Type
print
blockbook
Museum number
Gg,4H.8
Title
Series:
Biblia Pauperum
Description
Fragment of sheet 4: Presentation in the Temple, flanked by Law of Presentation l, Hannah presents Samuel r. c.1465 Woodcut page from a blockbook
Producer name
Print made by:
Anonymous
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1460-1470
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
230 millimetres
Width:
160 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
One of three fragments of sheets of the Biblia Pauperum (another edition of the same blockbook as Dodgson's C.1). The other two fragments extant in the BM are the sheets 10 and 11 (signatures k and l), registered as Gg,h.6-7. The present set corresponds to Schreiber's Manuel de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, vol. IV, Leipzig 1902, pp. 1-89, troisième groupe. For the entire page cf. 1845,0809.5 and for information on the Biblia Pauperum see the comment for the first sheet of the series (C.1), registered as 1845,0809.13
Bibliographic references
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(C.3)
Willshire 1879-1883 / A descriptive catalogue of early prints in the British Museum. German and Flemish Schools
(D.3.1)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
presentation in temple
old testament
Associated names
Representation of:
Holy Family
Representation of:
Hannah
Representation of:
Samuel
Representation of:
Elijah
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Bagford
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford
Acquisition date
1814
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Gg,4H.8