Accession number:
PML 11
Published:
[Augsburg?] : [s.n.], [1480-1490]
Description:
[22] leaves : woodcuts ; 28 cm
Credit Line:
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes:
All woodcuts trimmed and re-mounted on paper.
PML series includes 22 of 26 woodcuts, missing nos. 2, 23, 24, and 26.
Schreiber includes 26 woodcuts in this series, see Contents.
Binding:
19th-century English brown morocco with blind-tooled centerpiece by Riviere and Son.
Variant Title:
Passio Jesu Christi
Inscriptions/Markings:
Hand decoration: Woodcuts hand painted, frames in red and silver with backgrounds in blue; figures in red, blue, green, yellow, and silver. Annotations: German inscription: "Go[tt] begnade hoffnung Ca. Lanndereching(?)," 15th/16th century (verso of print 1).
Provenance:
Anna Widmann, inscription: "Anna Widmann Canntz[ler] zur burghausen gehert [...]," 16th century (verso of print 1); inscription: "ist das puech," but in a different hand from Widmann, 16th century (verso of print 1); Ursberg Abbey (Swabia), inscription: "Aus der Ursbergischen Lib[erei]," 17th century (verso of print 1); Amsler und Ruthardt Kunst Antiquariat, Berlin, ca. 1891 (with all 26 woodcuts in series, see Schreiber); Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplate (front pastedown), only bought 22 of the series; Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
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