Woodcut illustrations from Jacobus de Voragine's Leben der Heiligen (The Golden Legend); verso: St. Seraphia; recto: St. Lupus

Publisher Anton Koberger (German, ca. 1443 - 1513)

Writer Jacobus de Voragine (Italian, ca. 1230 - 1298)

Namesheet from illustrated incunabula (early block book)

Date1488

MediumWoodcut illustration from incunabula (early block book) with hand coloring in red, yellow, green, blue and brown; German block text in black with hand-written red capitals; illustrations and text on verso and recto

DimensionsImage (recto): 3 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (8.8 × 18.2 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (34.3 × 22.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection

CultureGerman

InscribedPage number on verso (St. Seraphia): CXLII

PortfolioLeben der Heiligen

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 1488.485 (recto); Bartsch 1488.486 (verso)

Object numberPC2014.14.137

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionRecto (St. Lupus): illustration in center of page is a three-part panel: on left a man in blue and red ringing a bell while a man in a bishop's miter and second figure in green hat behind him stand to his left; in middle panel a man in bishop's miter touched with green, with long red cloak and green vestments, sits facing us at table in small interior space, two plates before him, one hand raised, possibly in blessing; in far right panel a man in red tunic and green hat whips a horse or donkey, which is pulling a barrel on a cart; panels separated by architectural elements, a wall at left, a column at right. German text on both verso and recto above and below the image with decorated capitals in red (one in blue)
Verso (St. Seraphia): illustration in center of page, two-part image; on left woman strapped to cross, naked to her waist; man at her right holds a sword under her left breast; two men, one in red, one in green, stand to her left, the one closest to her holding a torch; in right panel, woman with blue dress, red cloak, and halo kneels at right facing right with hands separated in gesture of prayer; man in half-red, half-blue top and pants stands behind her with sword raised as if about to behead her; panels separated by vertical red band; number on page with St. Seraphia CXLII

Interpretationswork matted to image on recto;mat window blocks text

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