Heiligen Leben

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

Place of publication: Augsburg, Germany

Typology: Gothic

Initials: One enlarged rubicated initial (hand-drawn)

Illustrations: One woodcut; coloured. The image shows five men: one is kneeling in prayer; one is holding a sword, having just beheaded another figure; the remaining two are standing with one hand on their chests, observing the scene.

Layout: The text is in two columns; the woodcut is situated mid-way down the second column of text.

Comment: Woodcut coloured by hand; initial inserted by hand.The number 17A has been printed in the upper central margin in ink.

• Date range: 1471
• Date: 1471
• Collection: Incunabula
• Physical Identifier: Brotherton Collection Incunabula q SCH/1v