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Author: Hroswitha (German, about 935–about 975)
Illustrated by: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Illustrated by: Wolf Traut (German, about 1478–1520)
Illustrated by: Hans Süss von Kulmbach (German, about 1480–1522)
Publisher: Sodalitas Celtica
Illustrated by: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Illustrated by: Wolf Traut (German, about 1478–1520)
Illustrated by: Hans Süss von Kulmbach (German, about 1480–1522)
Publisher: Sodalitas Celtica
1501
Place of Publication: Nuremberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 8 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 22 x 3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number31.1400
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Nuremberg: Sodalitas Celtica, 1501
Catalogue Raisonné
Dodgson, German and Flemish, I, 261, 504; Meder XIV (first issue); Murray, German, 210
Description(Nuremberg: Sodalitas Celtica, 1501) Folio; 82 leaves; vellum binding, gilt-stamped with coat of arms; black cloth box
Selected illustrations: Dürer, Conrad Celtis offering his edition of Hroswitha's comedies to Elector Frederick III of Saxony (fol. a1v)
Dürer, Hroswitha presenting her comedies to Emperor Otto I (a4v)
Selected illustrations: Dürer, Conrad Celtis offering his edition of Hroswitha's comedies to Elector Frederick III of Saxony (fol. a1v)
Dürer, Hroswitha presenting her comedies to Emperor Otto I (a4v)
ProvenanceArmorial binding and bookplate: "MAXIMILIANVS.D.G.ABBAS LAMBACENSIS.S.C.M"; H. Eisemann, Frankfurt; Colnaghi, London, from whom purchased by MFA, July 1931.