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Title

 Two pages from Ludolphus de Saxonia, 'Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi', Gouda, Gheraert Leeu, 1487


Creator

 De Saxonia, Ludolphus (auteur/author), Leeu, Gerard (drukker/printer)


Year

 1487


Type

 prent tekstbladzijde, page print


Measurements

 27 x 38,5 cm. 18,5 x 12,3 cm. (prent)


Related term

 religieuze boeken, incunabelen, illustraties, houtsnede, afzetten, boekenkasten


Period

 15e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, E: Boekillustratie, J: Bibliotheken en instellingen


Content

 Two pages from another 'Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi', printed by Gerard Leeu in Gouda. The layout is the same as that of a medieval manuscript. The text is from the prologue in which 'die Mensche' asks 'Scriptura' to explain God and the Creation. The illustration, a woodcut coloured by hand, was printed from another woodblock than the previous example, but the depiction is the same. The large bookcase on the left shows the usual way of storing books: flat and stacked on top of one another.


Original

 Ludolphus de Saxonia. - Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi. - Gouda: Gerard Leeu, 1487


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 171 E 39


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek