[Apocalypsis sancti Johannis], [approximately 1465]
- Title(s):
- [Apocalypsis sancti Johannis].
- Additional Title(s):
Title from banderole in first illustration: Conuersi ab ydolis p[er] predicatione[m] b[ea]ti joha[n]nis drusiana [et] ceteri.
Bible. Revelation. Selections. Latin. 1468.- Published/Created:
- [Germany] : [Publisher not identified], [approximately 1465]
- Physical Description:
- [48] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 38 cm (folio)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0004Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/17098153
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Block book. Woodcut illustrations and xylographic texts on 48 leaves printed in black ink one side only.
A cycle of 92 pictures illustrating the Apocalypse, arranged in two registers on 48 leaves, except for the full-page representations on 32(32) and 33(33). Cf. Schreiber.
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, IV, p. 160-166
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum (BM 15th cent.), I, p. 3 (IB.41)
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0004: Imperfect: leaf [19] only, with two scenes, hand-colored. At top: woman, sun, and seven-headed dragon; at bottom: St. Michael, angels, and the dragon. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink. - Subject Terms:
- Apocalypse in art -- Early works to 1800.Bible. Revelation -- Illustrations.Incunabula in Yale Library.Werther, Frederick, 1881- -- Ownership.
- Form/Genre:
- Block books.
Incunabula.
Fragments (object portions)
Hand coloring. - Export:
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