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Die Legend des heyligen vatters francisci
Illustrated by: Wolf Traut (German, about 1478–1520)
Author: Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian, 1182–1226)
Author: Saint Bonaventure (about 1217–1274)
Printer: Hieronymus Höltzel (German, active 1500–1525)
Author: Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian, 1182–1226)
Author: Saint Bonaventure (about 1217–1274)
Printer: Hieronymus Höltzel (German, active 1500–1525)
1512
Place of Publication: Nuremberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 51 woodcuts, some repeated.
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 16 x 3.7 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number41.3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Nuremberg: Hieronymus Höltzel, 1512
Catalogue Raisonné
Dodgson, German and Flemish, I, 502-03, no. 1
Description(Nuremberg: Hieronymus Höltzel, 1512) Quarto; 106 leaves; contemporary blind-stamped pigskin binding, remains of brass clasps; olive tan cloth box.
Selected illustrations: St. Francis receiving the stigmata (title page); portrait of St. Francis (title verso)
Selected illustrations: St. Francis receiving the stigmata (title page); portrait of St. Francis (title verso)
ProvenanceWilliam H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by MFA, January 9, 1941.