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Book/Printed Material Hie hebt sich eyn gutt nuczlich Buch von der rechtlichen Uberwundung Cristi wider Sathan

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Title

  • Hie hebt sich eyn gutt nuczlich Buch von der rechtlichen Uberwundung Cristi wider Sathan

Summary

  • The upper and inner margin of the first leaf is decorated with a lace-patterned border that appears to have been printed after the text. This book is illustrated with 35 large woodcuts in the text, five hook cuts used to define the garments. No backgrounds or foregrounds are delineated. The text is rubricated with three line initial letters and paragraph marks in red.

Names

  • Jacobus, de Theramo, 1349-1417
  • Zainer, Günther, -1478, printer
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Augsburg] Günther Zainer, 26 June (am Freitag nach Sant Johans Tag dem Touffer) 1472.

Headings

  • -  Devil--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mock trials--Early works to 1800
  • -  Redemption--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Augsburg

Genre

  • Incunabula

Notes

  • -  Title from caption, leaf a2.
  • -  Signatures: a-i¹⁰. a1 (blank?) wanting.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 39
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-74
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5805
  • -  Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts (3. Aufl.), V, 4279 (variations)
  • -  Other References: cf. Kraus, Catalog 93 for annotation.
  • -  LC copy rubricated; initials supplied in red.
  • -  Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Other provenance information: None.

Medium

  • [90] leaves (the last 3 leaves blank, the last 2 wanting). woodcuts: illus., border. 29.5 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1472 .P14
  • BT980 .J2815 1472

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 65058967

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Jacobus, De Theramo, Günther Zainer, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Hie hebt sich eyn gutt nuczlich Buch von der rechtlichen Uberwundung Cristi wider Sathan. [Augsburg Günther Zainer, 26 June am Freitag nach Sant Johans Tag dem Touffer, 1472] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/65058967/.

APA citation style:

Jacobus, D. T., Zainer, G. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1472) Hie hebt sich eyn gutt nuczlich Buch von der rechtlichen Uberwundung Cristi wider Sathan. [Augsburg Günther Zainer, 26 June am Freitag nach Sant Johans Tag dem Touffer] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/65058967/.

MLA citation style:

Jacobus, De Theramo, Günther Zainer, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Hie hebt sich eyn gutt nuczlich Buch von der rechtlichen Uberwundung Cristi wider Sathan. [Augsburg Günther Zainer, 26 June am Freitag nach Sant Johans Tag dem Touffer, 1472] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/65058967/>.