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Botho, Sachsenchronik

  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Botho, Sachsenchronik
  • Description:

    Place of publication: Mainz, Germany

    Typology: Gothic

    Initials: Two large, ornate woodcut initials; uncoloured.

    Illustrations: Woodcut illustration; partially coloured. The image shows two men facing each other; their names are printed beneath them: 'Folquart' and 'Hempert'. Underneath these names, there are two shields, each decorated with a simple cross which has been coloured yellow.

    Layout: Woodcut occupies the first half of the page; decorative initials set within the left-hand margin. One column of text, set into paragraphs. Foliation in bottom right-hand corner of leaf: 'l iiij'.

    Comment: Woodcut coloured by hand.

  • Date range: 1492
  • Date: 1492
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 23 Jul 2013 08:34
  • Last Modified: 23 Jul 2013 08:34