Ninth German Bible

Place of publication: Nuremberg, Germany

Typology: Gothic

Initials: Enlarged, rubricated 'D' in first column of text

Illustrations: One woodcut; coloured. Salome, having just decapitated John the Baptist, is in the process of placing his head into a bag with the help of another female figure. The woodcut is quite intricate, with castles in the background and numerous tents in the foreground.

Layout: Two columns. The title of each chapter precedes each section of text. The woodcut spans the entire width of the page.

Comment: Woodcut coloured; sporadic rubrication of capital letters within the text.